BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct. 3
By Fidan Babayeva - Trend:
Azerbaijan exported gold worth $28 million dollars in Aug, 2020, Trend reports citing the Export Review report of the Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communications.
Thus, exports increased by $5.3 million, or 23.3 percent compared to August 2019.
In January-August of this year, Azerbaijan exported gold in the amount of $124.4 million, which is $16.7 million, or 15.5 percent more than in January-August 2019.
Azerbaijan's non-oil exports totaled $1.2 billion from January through August this year.
Exports of the non-oil sector decreased by 9.7 percent from January through August this year, compared to the same period last year and amounted to $1.2 billion.
Overall, the country's exports in the first eight months amounted to $9.9 billion .
According to the Ministry of Economy, Azerbaijan's non-oil exports will exceed $3 billion by 2024.
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