Baku, Azerbaijan, March 28
By Emin Aliyev - Trend:
The volume of construction materials export from Azerbaijan to Georgia increased by 4.02 percent in a year, a report of GruzStat (the National Statistical Service of Georgia) on foreign trade said.
Around 12,160 tons of plaster and other anhydrites worth $2.07 million were exported from Azerbaijan to Georgia in Jan.-Feb. 2014 (or 1,180 tons more than the same period of 2013), according to the report. By comparison, around 10,980 tons of construction materials worth $1.99 million were exported to Georgia in Jan.-Feb. 2013.
The specific weight of construction materials in the total volume of export from Azerbaijan to Georgia amounted to 1.83 percent during the reporting period.
In total, Georgia imported about $113.19 million worth of products from Azerbaijan in Jan.-Feb. 2014. The volume of import from Azerbaijan to Georgia has increased by 15.49 percent during the reporting period. By comparison, Georgia imported some $98.01 million worth of Azerbaijani products in Jan.-Feb. 2013.
Azerbaijan ranks second among the countries from which Georgia imports products. The specific weight of Azerbaijani import in the total volume of imports to the country is 10 percent.
Translated by L.Z.
Edited by C.N.