Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.17 /. Trend, A.Akhundov /
In January, companies engaged in production of building materials in Azerbaijan produced goods worth 16.9 million manat, which is one percent less than January 2011, the State Statistics Committee told Trend on Friday.
According to the report, 98,100 tons of cement, 4,300 tons of gypsum plaster, 46,700 tons of finished concrete mixture were produced in January 2012.
During the reporting period, 16,500 tons of asphalt, 4,400 cubic meters of prefabricated concrete building structures and 15,000 cubic meters of building bricks were produced.
As of Feb.1, 2012, enterprises' warehouses have stocks of finished construction products worth 9.7 million manat, which is 3.4 percent of the total finished products, available in the country's warehouses.
The official exchange rate is 0.7863 manat to $1 on Feb.17.