BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov.14
By Fidan Babayeva - Trend:
Azerbaijan imported 80,384 tons of oil and petroelum products from Turkmenistan in the past nine months of 2020, the State Statistical Committee told Trend.
The indicator of imports of oil and petroleum products compared with the same period last year decreased by 0.08 percent (81,094 tons in 2019).
According to the data, the import of oil and petroleum products was carried out in the amount of over 28.3 million manat ($16.6 million), thus decreasing by 27 percent (39.2 million manat or $23 million in 2019).
In general, from January through September 2020, Azerbaijan exported 21.83 million tons of oil, which is 6.1 percent less than in 2019.
The total volume of oil exports during the reporting period amounted to $ 7.15 billion (a decrease of 36.5 percent compared to the same period of last year).
(1 USD = 1.7 AZN on Nov.14)
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