Baku, Azerbaijan, July 19
By Huseyn Veliyev – Trend:
Azerbaijan’s metallurgical industry and metal processing enterprises produced goods worth 248.9 million manats in January-June 2017, according to a report of the country’s State Statistics Committee.
The report says that the output volume of metallurgical industry decreased by 9.5 percent and the production of finished goods accounted for 30.3 percent in January-June 2017 as compared to the same period of 2016.
Azerbaijan produced 110,300 tons of fittings in January-June 2017 that is by 8 percent less than in the same period of 2016. Steel pipe production stood at 27,300 tons in January-June 2017 that is by 12.8 percent less than in the same period of 2016.
The volume of steel casting stood at 162,000 tons in the country in 1H17 that is equal to the result of the same period of 2016.
Azerbaijan exported 21,901.2 tons of ferrous metals worth $15,539.5 million in January-June 2017 that is by 14.9 percent (in monetary terms 16.8 percent) less than in the same period of 2016.