BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 8. The business loan portfolio of Azerbaijani banks in the construction sector amounted to 1.47 billion manat ($860 million) as of August 1, 2025.
The data obtained by Trend from the Central Bank of Azerbaijan shows that the loan portfolio in this sector decreased by 68.6 million manat ($40.3 million), or 4.4 percent, compared to the previous month but rose by 92.1 million manat ($54.18 million), or 6.7 percent, compared to the same period last year.
As of July 1, 2025, the quantum of financial instruments
allocated by banking institutions to the transportation sector
stood at 1.54 billion manat ($910 million), while the preceding
year’s figure as of August 1 was recorded at 1.38 billion manat
($810 million).
As of August 1 of the current fiscal year, the aggregate loan
portfolio of financial institutions in Azerbaijan experienced a
marginal uptick of 0.1 percent, translating to an increase of 26
million manat (approximately $14.8 million), culminating in a total
of 28.49 billion manat (around $16.24 billion). Within this loan
portfolio, 15 billion manat ($8.58 billion) constituted business
loans, while nine billion manat ($5.13 billion) represented
consumer loans, and 4.4 billion manat ($2.53 billion) comprised
mortgage loans.
