BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 24. Azerbaijan exported totally 18,600 tons of cotton worth $28.4 million from January through February 2025.
Data obtained by Trend from the State Customs Committee shows the export value's increase by $9.8 million, or 25.7 percent, and the volume's growth by 5,400 tons, or 22.4 percent, compared to the same period in 2024.
Meanwhile, in the reporting period, Azerbaijan totally imported $1.6 million worth of cotton, which is a growth of $87,000, or 5.6 percent, year on year.
The volume of foreign trade turnover of Azerbaijan for the reporting period amounted to $8.9 billion. This figure is $1.7 billion or 23.2 percent more than in the same period last year. The volume of Azerbaijan's foreign trade turnover from January through February of last year amounted to $7.2 billion.
Of the trade turnover, exports accounted for $4.8 billion and imports $4.1 billion which is $13 million (0.3 percent) less and $1.7 billion (69.2 percent) more than a year ago.
The foreign trade surplus amounted to $628 million, which is $1.7 billion or 3.7 times less than a year ago.
