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Grain Production Exceeds 2mln Tons in Azerbaijan in 2007

Business Materials 21 January 2008 21:01 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan, Baku, 21 January / Trend corr S. Babayeva / In 2007, grain-crop production, including maize, in Azerbaijan made up over 2mln tons, the State Statistics Committee reported.

The crop capacity made up 27.1 centners per 1000 sq m, which is 0.6 centners more than in 2006. Wheat harvest totalled 1.331bln tons (66.4%).

Cotton production in 2006 comprised only 100,000 tons, a decrease of 23.2% from 2006. The cause of the decrease in production is the reduction of sewerage area. Production of tobacco also decreased in that period for the same reason. A total of 2,900 tons of tobacco leaves was produced, a decrease of 39.9% from 2006.

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