Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 17
By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:
In Jan.-Oct. 2014, the companies engaged in building materials manufacturing in Azerbaijan, produced goods worth 378.1 million AZN, or 20.9 percent more than in the same period of 2013, according to the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee's report for ten months.
The official exchange rate on November 17 is 0.7843 AZN/USD.
During this period, Azerbaijan produced 2.45 million metric tons of cement (a 39.7-percent increase versus the same period of 2013) and 158,800 metric tons of plaster (a 28.6-percent decrease), said the report.
Azerbaijan also produced 1.45 million metric tons of ready-mixed concrete (up by 26 percent), 344,800 metric tons of asphalt (a 3.3-percent decrease), 30,000 cubic meters of precast concrete building structures, 4.24 million metric tons of processed marble, travertine, alabaster and items made of them.
The volume of construction works in January-October 2014 amounted to 6,667.3 million AZN.
Some 63.5 percent of the construction works accounted for new buildings, reconstruction and expansion, while 17 percent of works accounted for capital repairs, 5.9 percent - for the ongoing repairs and 13.6 percent - for other construction works.