Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.18 / Trend A.Akhundov /
Azerbaijani State Customs Committee (SCC) announced result of foreign trade operations with 94 countries in Jan, 2012, the State Committee told Trend on Saturday.
The country's total trade turnover amounted to $2.506 billion, or 15.61 per cent more compared to Jan, 2011.
Black ink worth $1.191 billion was formed in foreign-trade operations.
During this period 2,182 legal entities and individuals were involved in the foreign-trade operations, 1,474 of them were legal entities, while 708 individuals.
Export operations amounted to $1.849 billion in Jan, 2012 or 17.55 per cent more compared to Jan, 2011.
Share of public sector in export amounted to $1.754 billion (94.86 percent), private sector - $88.053 million (5.02 percent), share of individuals - $6.923 million (0.4 percent).
Import hit $657.67 million in Jan, 2012 or 10.48 percent more compared to Jan, 2011.
Share of public sector in import operations amounted to $199.83 million (30.38 percent), private sector - $424.94 million (64.61 percent), individuals - $32.9 million (5 percent).
Azerbaijan exported 577 types of commodities and imported 3,228 types in Jan, 2012.