Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 21 / Trend A. Akhundov /
Companies engaged in manufacturing building materials in Azerbaijan in Jan. 2013, produced goods worth 22.7 million manat, which is 56.7 per cent more than in January 2012, the State Statistics Committee's report said today.
According to the information, the companies produced 129,800 tons of cement (annual growth of 18.1 per cent), 19,800 tons of gypsum plaster (up by 4.3 times), 88,100 tons of finished concrete mixture (up by 61.4 per cent) and 24,300 tons of asphalt (up by 1.6 times) in January 2013.
The stocks of finished construction products worth 13.8 million manat, which is 4.3 per cent of the total finished goods at the warehouses of the country, were held at the storerooms of enterprises by Feb. 1, 2013.
The official exchange rate is 0, 7847 AZN/USD on Feb. 21.