Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 19
By Anvar Mammadov – Trend:
Azerbaijan exported goods worth $1.04 billion in January 2018 that is by 29.1 percent more than in the same period last year, according to a report of the country’s State Customs Committee.
The share of state sector in export totaled $942.85 million, private sector – $92.62 million, individuals – $3.23 million.
Azerbaijan mainly exported oil and oil products, gas, fruits and vegetable, plastic and plastic products in January 2018.
TOP-5 goods exported by Azerbaijan at the total cost:
|
Items |
January 2018 |
January 2017 |
||
|
Quantity |
Cost (thousand dollars) |
Quantity |
Cost (thousand dollars) |
|
|
Oil, thousand tons |
1,811,648.84 |
874,821.58 |
1,652,458.12 |
663,768.37 |
|
Oil products, thousand tons |
28,260.95 |
15,867.69 |
57,721.32 |
21,573.94 |
|
Natural gas, thousand cubic meters |
144,716.36 |
22,727.85 |
209,079.77 |
26,988.55 |
|
Fruits and vegetables, thousand tons |
33,940.42 |
34,884.47 |
22,732.05 |
24,046.12 |
|
Plastic and plastic products, thousand tons |
10,467.33 |
10,278.21 |
20,285.47 |
12,188.93 |
During the period, import totaled $688.63 million, which is 53 percent more than in January 2017. Some $164.32 million accounted for the state sector share in import operations, and $488.17 million – for the private sector, $36.14 million – for individuals.
Azerbaijan mainly imported various machines, vehicles, ferrous metals, plastic and wheat during the reporting period.
TOP-5 goods imported by Azerbaijan (total cost):
|
Items |
January 2018 |
January 2017 |
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|
Quantity |
Cost (thousand dollars) |
Quantity |
Cost (thousand dollars) |
|
|
Machines and mechanisms, electronic equipment, spare parts, thousand dollars |
- |
151,116.27 |
- |
107,138.36 |
|
Ferrous metals and ferrous goods, thousand tons |
65,980.45 |
66,628.72 |
46,904.17 |
45,136.17 |
|
Vehicles and spare parts, thousand dollars |
- |
103,594.78 |
- |
17,826.89 |
|
Plastic and plastic products, thousand tons |
11,533.26 |
22,793.48 |
8,697.99 |
16,148.33 |
|
Wheat, thousand tons |
121,529.80 |
21,720.36 |
58,700.83 |
10,857.09 |
Azerbaijan’s foreign trade operations increased by 38.4 percent and amounted to $1.73 billion in January 2018, as compared to January 2017. The surplus in the reporting period amounted to $350.08 million, which is 1.3 percent less than in the same period last year.