BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 20. Azerbaijan's net financial assets on foreign direct investments decreased by $144.1 million and net financial liabilities by $239.6 million in the first quarter of this year.
The data obtained by Trend from the Central Bank of Azerbaijan shows that the total amount of investments attracted from abroad in the form of foreign direct investments was $1.5 billion, and the volume of foreign direct investments directed to the foreign economy was $315.1 million.
In general, a deficit of $95.5 million was formed on foreign direct investments.
The specific weight of the oil and gas sector in the structure of foreign direct investments invested in the country's economy was 73.5 percent. The decrease in net financial liabilities of the foreign direct investments item in the balance of payments for the first quarter of 2025 (-$541.6 million) for the oil and gas sector is formed from the difference between the investment attracted in the oil and gas sector ($1.1 billion) and the repatriation of capital in that sector ($1.66 billion, mainly capital repatriation in the form of crude oil and natural gas, which falls on the share of international oil and gas consortia).
Estimates indicate that the aggregate volume of foreign direct investment channeled into the non-oil and gas sector surged 2.2-fold to reach $402.4 million, with a portion amounting to $146.9 million attributable to the reinvestment of generated revenues within the national economy.
