Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr S.Babayeva / From January to October 2007, the volume of production in the metallurgical enterprises of Azerbaijan increased by 3.3% compared to the same period of 2006, the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan reported. A total of 45.3% of the production was implemented in the private sector.
Products | Production in January to October ths tons. | Relevant to 2006, % | Reserve of ready products at 1 November 2007 |
Metallurgy industry | |||
Cast-iron (ths tons) | 1 108.7 | 85.8 | 496.4 |
Steel (ths tons) | 159.7 | 59.3 | 2.7 |
Armature (ths tons) | 154.6 | 70.9 | 8.4 |
Aluminium Oxide (ths tons) | 159.3 | 52.3 | 15.5 |
Production of ready metal wares | |||
Rope and wires from ferrous metals | 390.4 | 4.1 times | 45.5 |
Pillars (ths tons) | 32.2 | 85.7 | 4.9 |
In January to September, 12,450 people were employed in this field, which is 12.9% up from the same period of 2006. The average wage in the metallurgy industry increased by 19.5% and made up AZN 261.4.