BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 23. The volume of Azerbaijan's product imports amounted to $5.7 billion from January through March 2025.
Data obtained by Trend from the State Customs Committee indicates that the share of the public sector in imports reached $2.2 billion, up $1.76 billion (five times) compared to the same period of last year.
Thus, from January through March of 2024, Azerbaijan imported products worth $3.7 billion, of which the share of the public sector was $444.3 million.
Azerbaijan's foreign trade turnover grew by over 24.3 percent, reaching a total of $12 billion from January through March 2025.
Exports rose by 6.7 percent, or $401.75 million, totaling $6.4 billion, while imports increased by 52.6 percent, or $1.9 billion, amounting to $5.7 billion.
Meanwhile, the foreign trade balance showed a positive surplus of $722.9 million during the reporting period, which is $5.1 billion, or 3.1 times less than the same period last year.
