BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 17. Azerbaijan imported 21.2 million cubic meters of natural gas from Russia from January through May 2025.
Data obtained by Trend from the State Statistics Committee indicates that the value of the imports during this period amounted to $3.9 million.
Notably, Azerbaijan did not import any natural gas from Russia in the first five months of last year. However, over the entire year, imports from Russia totaled 141.6 million cubic meters, costing $26.2 million.
Overall, Azerbaijan imported 195.6 million cubic meters of natural gas in these five months, spending around $30.1 million. Compared to the previous year, total gas imports declined by 33.6 percent in volume and 31.9 percent in value.
Azerbaijan imported 195.6 million cubic meters of natural gas from abroad, with the total import cost amounting to $30.1 million from January through May 2025.
Meanwhile, natural gas imports decreased by 99.2 million cubic meters, or 33.6 percent in volume terms, and by $14.1 million, or 31.9 percent in value terms, compared to the same period last year (294.8 million cubic meters of natural gas worth $44.2 million).
Azerbaijan exported 10.2 billion cubic meters of natural gas worth $3.83 billion during the reporting period, reflecting an annual increase of 358 million cubic meters (3.6 percent) and $382 million (11.1 percent), respectively. In comparison, Azerbaijan exported 9.913 billion cubic meters of natural gas valued at $3.45 billion in the same period of 2024.
Azerbaijan imported natural gas from Russia and Turkmenistan and exported it to Georgia, Serbia, Türkiye, Bulgaria, Italy, and Greece during the mentioned period.
