BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 13. China accounted for 18 percent of the total value of products imported by Azerbaijan as of November 1, 2024, Trend reports via Azerbaijan's State Statistics Committee.
Meanwhile, it was noted that of the total value of products imported to the country, import operations with China accounted for 18 percent and 17.9 percent - Russia, 11.5 percent - Türkiye, 6.2 percent - Australia, 5.5 percent - the United States, 4.1 percent - Germany, 3.1 percent - Iran, 2.7 percent - Italy, 2.2 percent - Belarus, 2.1 percent - Japan, 2 percent - Korea, 1.7 percent - Kazakhstan, 1.6 percent - Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Switzerland - 1.4 percent each, the UK - 1.3 percent, France - 1.2 percent, India - 1.1 percent, Uzbekistan and Canada - 1.0 percent each, Brazil - 0.9 percent, Spain - 0.8 percent, and other countries - 11.3 percent.
The export of fresh fruits increased by 0.5 percent, fresh vegetables - by 2.4 percent, sugar - by 62.9 percent, tobacco - by 3.5 times, canned fruits and vegetables - by 13.4 percent from January through October 2024 as compared to the same period of the previous year, vegetable oils - by 61.7 percent; margarine and other food mixtures - by 68.9 percent; tea - by 6.2 percent; cotton fiber - by 98.1 percent; mineral fertilizers - by 76.3 percent; cotton yarn - by 4.6 percent; bentonite clay - by 28.9 percent. Potato exports decreased by 32 percent; fruit, and vegetable juices - by 2.1 percent; natural grape wines, and grape must - by 42.3 percent; polypropylene - by 21.4 percent; polyethylene - by 17.0 percent; electricity - by 49.2 percent; unprocessed aluminum - by 16.8 percent; cement clinker - by 1.2 percent; ferrous metal rods - by 0.7 percent; and ferrous metal pipes - by 8.6 percent.
The import of vegetable oils increased by 15.1 percent, butter, other dairy oils and pastes by 85.3 percent, fresh fruits by 25.8 percent, flour confectionery products by 12.3 percent, chocolate and chocolate products by 14.5 percent, tea by 9.2 percent, poultry meat by 38.3 percent, beef by 56.5 percent, fresh vegetables by 59.7 percent, computing machines, in January-October 2024, units and devices - 25.1 percent, trucks - 22.3 percent, furniture - 44.3 percent, synthetic detergents - 7.1 percent, household air conditioners - 42.7 percent, ferrous metal rods - 57.9 percent, mineral fertilizers - by 17.5 percent, washing machines - by 3.5 percent, buses - by 3.2 times, polypropylene - by 22.8 percent, cement - by 7.2 percent; imports of sugar - by 2 percent, potatoes - by 21.7 percent, cigarettes - by 71.7 percent, cars - by 10.8 percent, pharmaceuticals - by 26.5 percent, rolled steel - by 9 percent, ferrous metal pipes - by 7.5 percent, rubber tires - by 8.1 percent, polyethylene - by 8.3 percent, ferrous metal profiles - by 7.5 percent, household refrigerators - by 7.0 percent.
