Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept. 27 / Trend E. Aliyev /
12,100 tons of cattle in live weight worth $30.94 million were exported from Georgia to Azerbaijan in January-August 2013, the report on Gruzstat (the National Statistical Service of Georgia) website said.
According to the report, the share of this category of goods in a total volume of Georgian exports to Azerbaijan in the reporting period amounted to 6.61 per cent.
In comparison with the same period of 2012, the export of cattle from Georgia increased by 25.18 per cent, in quantitative terms by 68.16 percent, or 4,900 tons. For comparison, in January-August 2012, 7,190 tons of cattle in live weight in the amount of $24.72 million was exported from Georgia to Azerbaijan.
Goods worth $468.04 million were exported from Georgia to Azerbaijan in January-August 2013, or 26.6 per cent of the total volume of the country's exports during the period.
Exports to Azerbaijan increased by 16.97 per cent compared to the same period of 2012. Georgian goods worth $400.13 million were exported to Azerbaijan in January-August last year.