BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 15
By Fidan Babayeva - Trend:
Azerbaijan exported over 8.9 billion cubic meters of natural gas from January through August 2020, which is 21.3 percent more compared to the same period of 2019, Trend reports citing the statistical report of the State Customs Committee (SCC).
The value of natural gas export for the reporting period totaled over $1.7 billion, and thereby increasing by 19.7 percent year on year, the SCC noted.
At the same time, Azerbaijan’s natural gas export accounted for 17.24 percent of the country’s overall export for the specifying period.
In 2019, the volume of natural gas export amounted to 16.3 billion cubic meters, and in monetary terms – roughly $2.4 billion.
(1 USD = 1.7 AZN on Sept. 15)
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