BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 27. Azerbaijan has significantly cut back on meat imports, reducing the volume to 22,400 tons from January through June 2025.
Data obtained by Trend from the State Customs Committee indicates that the country's imported meat amounted to $47.2 million in expenditures, a decrease of 4,100 tons, or 15.4 percent, in volume, and by $11.4 million, or 19.5 percent, in value. from 2024 (26,500 tons, worth $58.6 million).
Meat imports accounted for 0.41 percent of the country’s total imports in the first six months of the year.
Azerbaijan produced 293,500 tons of meat in live weight, including poultry during the same period. This marks an increase of 3,200 tons or 1.1 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, when meat production stood at 290,300 tons.
