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Volume of problem loans decreases in Azerbaijan

Finance Materials 1 July 2019 15:49 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, July 1

By Kheyraddin Nasirzade - Trend:

As of May 2019, the share of problem loans in Azerbaijan dropped by 12.7 percent in comparison with the figures from the previous year, Trend reports referring to the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA).

According to the CBA report, the volume of problem loans decreased by 216.5 million and reached 1.494 billion manats. At the same time, the share of overdue loans for the same period decreased from 14.3 percent to 11.3 percent.

The total loan portfolio increased by 10.5 percent and reached 13.198 billion manats. The share of state-owned banks amounted to 2.158 billion manats (16.4 percent of the total share), with the share of private banks amounting to 10.703 billion manats (81.1 percent of the total share) and of non-bank credit organizations to 336.6 million manats (2.5 percent of the total share).

The volume of loans in national currency in May 2019 amounted to 8.54 billion manats (an increase of 16.5 percent compared to May 2018), and their share in the loan portfolio of banks amounted to 64.7 percent.

Loans in a foreign currency were issued in the amount of 4,656.1 million in manat equivalent (an increase of 0.9 percent compared to May 2018), with the share of 35.3 percent in the loan portfolio.

The volume of short-term loans amounted to 2,634.7 million manats, and of long-term loans to 10,563.2 million manats.

Distribution of the loan portfolio by sectors of the economy (as of May 2019):

Trade and services sector

Energy, chemistry and natural resources sector

Agriculture and processing

Construction and property

Industry and manufacturing sector

Transport and communications

Households

Volume of loans

Share (%)

Volume of loans

Share (%)

Volume of loans

Share (%)

Volume of loans

Share (%)

Volume of loans

Share (%)

Volume of loans

Share (%)

Volume of loans

Share (%)

May 2019

2,287.0

17.3

444.4

3.4

497.4

3.8

365.8

2.8

772.9

5.9

1,301.2

9.9

5,658.5

42.9

May 2018

1,998.8

16.7

302.6

2.5

466.1

3.9

510.2

4.3

691.7

5.8

1,101.4

9.2

4,799.9

40.2

Some 30 banks (including two banks with public ownership) and about 120 non-bank credit organizations are currently operating in Azerbaijan.

(1 USD = 1.7 manats on July 1)

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