BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 20. Azerbaijan earned over $148.6 million from the export of 479,200 tons of chemical industry products from January through May 2025.
Data obtained by Trend from the State Customs Committee indicates that this represents an increase of over $46.4 million or 45.3 percent in value terms and around 54,500 tons or 12.8 percent in volume compared to the same period in 2024.
Concurrently, the export metrics for the chemical sector
represented a marginal share exceeding 1.35 percent of Azerbaijan's
aggregate export portfolio, while constituting approximately 10.56
percent of the non-oil sector's export dynamics throughout the
specified reporting interval.
Azerbaijan executed foreign trade transactions totaling in excess
of $20.9 billion with various international entities. This
signifies a year-over-year escalation exceeding $2.52 billion,
translating to approximately 13.7 percent growth.
The total foreign trade turnover comprised $11 billion in export
transactions, with $9.96 billion accounted for in import
activities. In juxtaposition to the corresponding timeframe of the
preceding fiscal year, export metrics experienced a marginal
contraction of 1.2 percent, whereas import figures surged
substantially by 36.5 percent.
Consequently, the external trade surplus registered approximately
$1 billion, reflecting a decrement of $2.8 billion or a reduction
factor of 3.7 in comparison to the corresponding timeframe of the
preceding fiscal year.
