BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 10. Azerbaijan imported tobacco and tobacco products worth $95.5 million from January through September 2025.
Data obtained by Trend from the State Customs Committee indicates that the value of imported tobacco and tobacco products stood at $89 million over the same period last year. Thus, the country’s spending on these products rose by $6.4 million, marking an increase of about 7.2 percent compared to the previous year.
The data also shows that in the first nine months of 2025, Azerbaijan conducted foreign trade operations totaling $35.3 billion. This figure is roughly $877 million, or 2.5 percent, higher than in the same period of the previous year.
Meanwhile, $18.6 billion of the total foreign trade turnover accounted for exports and $16.7 billion for imports. Compared to the same period last year, exports fell by $1.2 billion, or about 6.3 percent, while imports rose by $2.1 billion, or nearly 14.5 percent.
As a result, Azerbaijan recorded a positive trade balance of approximately $1.8 billion, which represents a decline of more than $3.3 billion, or 2.5 times, compared to the same period of the previous year.
