BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 24. Azerbaijan imported 266,609 tons of wheat from January through April 2024, which is 34.82 percent, or 142,429 tons less than the indicator for the same period in 2023, Trend reports via the State Customs Committee.
The data from the committee shows that in value terms, wheat imports amounted to $59.7 million, representing a 51.85 percent or $64.3 million decrease over the year.
The share of wheat imports in the reporting period amounted to 1.09 percent of Azerbaijan's total imports.
To note, from January through April 2024, Azerbaijan's imports of food products increased in value terms by 3.36 percent ($25.1 million) and amounted to $773.3 million.
Azerbaijan imported 1.175 million tons of wheat in 2023, which is 9.1 percent (117,655 tons) less than in 2022.