BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 29. Azerbaijan bought 6,838 tons of fuel for jet engines from Turkmenistan from January through June 2023, Trend reports.
The State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan reports that the price of importing jet fuel from Turkmenistan topped $3.24 million.
Over 36,300 tons of jet engine fuel worth over $39.2 million were imported by Azerbaijan from Turkmenistan in 2022, which is an increase of 4.2 times over the same period in 2021.
Azerbaijan also paid a total of $7.9 million for 13,537 tons of gas oil from Turkmenistan during the first half of this year.
The production of fuel in Turkmenistan holds strategic significance for the nation's energy domain. Due to its vast reserves of natural gas and oil, Turkmenistan occupies an important place among producers and exporters of energy resources.