BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 8. Credit allocations to Azerbaijan’s industrial and manufacturing sector have shown significant growth, reaching 1.6 billion manat ($941.1 million) as of September 1, 2025.
Data obtained by Trend from the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) indicates that this figure reflects a 0.6 percent increase compared to the previous month and a 144.8 million manat ($85.1 million), or 9.9 percent, rise from the same period last year.
Overall, total credit investments in the country’s real sector amounted to 30.9 billion manat ($18.1 billion), marking a 208.2 million manat ($122.4 million), or 0.7 percent, monthly increase and a 2.9 billion manat ($1.7 billion), or 10.2 percent, year-on-year growth.
The Central Bank was founded in the Republic of Azerbaijan by a decree from the President on the 'Establishment of the National Bank in the Republic of Azerbaijan' dated 11 February 1992. A legal framework enables the Central Bank to more effectively fulfill its objectives and functions across all operational domains, delineating its primary responsibilities: formulating and executing monetary and exchange rate policy, overseeing currency circulation, regulating and advancing centralized interbank and other licensed payment systems, and managing gold and foreign exchange reserves.
