BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 8. The business loan portfolio of Azerbaijani banks in the industrial sector amounted to 2.6 billion manat ($1.49 billion) as of August 1, 2025.
The data obtained by Trend from the Central Bank (CBA) shows that the loan portfolio in this sector decreased by 72.6 million manat ($41.3 million) or 2.7 percent compared to the previous month, and decreased by 77.6 million manat ($44.2 million) or 2.9 percent compared to the same period last year.
Specifically, the amount of business loans provided by banks to the industrial sector was 2.69 billion manat ($1.53 billion) as of July 1, 2025, and 2.69 billion manat ($1.53 billion) as of August 1 of last year.
As of August 1 of the current year, the total loan portfolio of banks in Azerbaijan grew by 0.1 percent or 26 million manat ($14.8 million), reaching 28.49 billion manat ($16.24 billion). Of this loan portfolio, 15 billion manat ($8.58 billion) were business loans, nine billion manat ($5.13 billion) - consumer loans, and 4.4 billion manat ($2.53 billion) - mortgage loans.
