BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 17. Azerbaijan maintained active cooperation with its main trading partners from January through August 2025.
The data obtained by Trend from the Azerbaijani State Customs Committee shows that Italy remained the leader in export volume, with goods worth approximately $7.97 billion exported to the country over the eight months.
Türkiye ranked second in export volume with $2.29 billion, followed by Russia, which imported $819 million worth of goods from Azerbaijan.
The Czech Republic ranked fourth with $655 million in exports, followed by Bulgaria, which imported $523 million worth of goods.
Export to Italy increased by $1.34 billion, or 20.3 percent.
Meanwhile, exports to Türkiye decreased by $376.3 million (14.1 percent), and to the Czech Republic by $85.4 million (11.5 percent).
Russia increased imports from Azerbaijan by $51.3 million (6.7 percent), and Bulgaria by $136.5 million (35.3 percent).
The State Customs Committee's data shows that Azerbaijan carried out trade operations worth $32 billion with 173 foreign countries from January through August 2025.
The trade turnover amounted to $15.2 billion in exports and $13.6 billion in imports.
Year-on-year, exports decreased by 5.4 percent, while imports grew by 26.1 percent.
Consequently, a surplus of $1.6 billion was recorded, which is 3.3 times less than last year.
