BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 17. Among the 9.87 million tons of oil exported by Azerbaijan between January and May of 2024, 3.94 million tons went to Italy, the country's top oil importer, the data of the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan said, Trend reports.
The sale of oil to Italy brought in $2.5 billion for Azerbaijan.
Italy bought 4.6 million tons of Azerbaijani oil for $2.84 billion from January through May 2023.
However, Italy purchased 11.12 million tons of Azerbaijani oil worth $7 billion in 2023.
Overall, Azerbaijan exported 26.047 million tons of oil worth $16.2 billion in 2023.
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