Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 19
By Azad Hasanli - Trend:
The companies engaged in building material production in Azerbaijan, produced goods worth 458.3 million AZN in 2014 or 22.2 percent more than in the same period of 2013, according to the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee's report as of 2014.
During this period, Azerbaijan produced 2.98 million metric tons of cement (a 40.5-percent increase versus the same period of 2013) and 192,800 metric tons of gypsum plaster (a 23.3-percent decrease), the report said.
Azerbaijan also produced 1.68 million metric tons of ready-mixed concrete (up by 21.7 percent), 402,400 metric tons of asphalt (a 2.9 percent increase), 34,200 cubic meters of precast concrete building structures (a 23.9 percent growth), 5.57 million metric tons of processed marble, travertine, alabaster and items made of them (a 65.8 percent decrease).
The construction work volume hit 8.283 billion AZN in 2014.
Some 63.8 percent of the total volume of construction work accounted for new buildings, reconstruction and expansion, 17.2 percent - overhaul, 6 percent - current repair and 13 percent - other construction work.
The official exchange rate is 0.7844 AZN/USD Jan. 19.
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