BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 28
By Nargiz Ismayilova - Trend:
From January through October 2019, the Azexport website executed export orders for $477.4 million, which is 10.3 percent more than in the same period last year, Trend reports referring to the Export Review of Azerbaijan’s Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communications.
Over the past 34 months, the Azexport website has accepted orders for the supply of non-oil products from Azerbaijan for $1.4 billion.
The following countries were included in the top five customers of the website for the period from January through October 2019:
|
Countries |
Specific share |
|
Russia |
11.9 percent |
|
Turkey |
6.5 percent |
|
UK |
5.4 percent |
|
India |
5.3 percent |
|
US |
5.3 percent |
The main goods ordered for this period included tobacco, chicken meat and eggs, hazelnuts, cottonseed oil, wine, pomegranate, onions, cosmetics, medical gauze, furniture, paint, confectionery, milk with fruit additives, mineral water and garlic.
The Azexport website (https://azexport.az/index.php?route=common/home) was created in accordance with the decree of the head of state “On creating a unified database of goods manufactured in Azerbaijan” dated Sept. 21, 2016.
The goal of the website, which is managed by the Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communications, is to provide information on products of Azerbaijani origin and a profitable platform for their sale on foreign and domestic markets.
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