Azerbaijan, Baku, 16 April / corr. Trend S. Babayev/ In first quarter of 2008, the production of metallurgy products in Azerbaijani metallurgical works increased by 43.3% as compared with the figure of 2007. The rise totaled to 40.7% in the private sector, State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan said.
| The types of products | Volume of production January and March 2008 | As compared with previous year (%) | Remainder of integrated product as of 1 April 2008 |
| metal manufacture | |||
| Cast iron (tons) | 347,9 | 130,1 | 517,3 |
| Steel-casting (ths tons) | 20,7 | 41 | 3,8 |
| Reinforcement (ths tons) | 40,7 | 124,8 | 0,36 |
| Alumina (ths tons) | 53,4 | 149,7 | 8,1 |
| Production of finished metallurgy products | |||
| cables and wires from ferrous metal (tons) | 822,8 | 191 | 22,9 |
| Posts for construction and similar equipment from ferrous metal (ths tons) | 13,5 | 127,4 | 4,3 |