Azerbaijan, Baku /corr. Trend S.Babayeva / In January to June the volume of production in the metallurgy enterprises of Azerbaijan rose by 9.1% as compared to the same period of 2006. The State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan stated that nearly 48.3% of the production fell to private sector.
| Products | Production volume in January-June 2007 | % relevant to the same period of 2006 | Remains of ready products as at 1 July 2007 |
| Metallurgy production | |||
| Iron (ton) | 604,3 | 88,8 | 401,8 |
| Steel (thous. tons) | 133,3 | 91,4 | 2,4 |
| Armature (thous. tons) | 93,5 | 75,9 | 0,8 |
| Aluminum oxide (thous. tons) | 77,9 | 41,1 | 9,2 |
| Manufacture of ready metal products | |||
| Cables and wires from ferrous metal (ton) | 352,9 | 5,5 | 85 |
| Columns for construction and other equipment from ferrous metal (thous. tons) | 19,3 | 79,4 | 6 |