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Azerbaijan increases import of fruits and vegetables

Business Materials 9 November 2020 18:48 (UTC +04:00)
Azerbaijan increases import of fruits and vegetables

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 9

By Fidan Babayeva – Trend:

Azerbaijan imported 234,277 tons of fruits and vegetables from January through September 2020, Trend reports with reference to the reporting data of the Azerbaijani State Customs Committee.

The import of fruits and vegetables to Azerbaijan increased by 5 percent compared to the same period of last year.

"Fruits and vegetables worth $141,450 were imported to Azerbaijan from January through September 2020, which is 8.3 percent more than from January through September 2019," the committee said.

The share of fruits and vegetables in a total import volume to Azerbaijan amounted to 1.81 percent compared to 1.26 percent last year.

"Fruits and vegetables worth 397,338 tons were exported from January through September 2020, which is almost 7,000 more than in the same period of last year," the report says.

In monetary terms, the export of fruits and vegetables from Azerbaijan increased by 3.1 percent, amounting to $402,130. The share of fruits and vegetables in a total export volume to Azerbaijan reached 3.8 percent compared to 2.6 percent last year.

From January through September 2020, the foreign trade turnover of Azerbaijan made up $18.4 billion, which is 27.1 percent less compared to the same period of 2019.

Some $10.58 billion accounted for export in the structure of foreign trade turnover, which is 28.8 percent less on an annualized basis.

The share of export for the year decreased by 1.4 percentage points up to 57.49 percent of the total volume of foreign trade turnover.

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