Azerbaijan, Baku, August 22 / Trend , U. Ismayilova /
The Azerbaijani State Customs Committee has announced the national trade figures for January-July 2009. Azerbaijan engages in trade operations with 126 countries, the committee reported.
The trade turnover of the country totaled $10.379 billion. The black ink in external trade operations amounted to $3.903 million.
In January-July, the country's export operations decreased by 79.4 percent or $27.55 billion compared to the same period of 2008 and totaled $7.14 billion.
The share of public sector in exports amounted to $6.745 billion (94.45 percent), private - $330.7 million (4.63 percent), individuals - $65.65 million (0.91 percent).
Imports dropped by 17.16 percent or $0.67 billion, totaling $2.71 billion. The share of public sector in the import amounted to $874.49 million (27.02 percent), the private sector - $2.206 billion (68.13 percent), individuals - $157.18 million (4.39 percent).
In January-July, Azerbaijan exported 1,590 types of goods and imported 5,150 types of goods.
Below is a list of countries with the largest share in Azerbaijani trade turnover:
Export
|
Country |
Value (Billions, U.S. Dollar) |
Compared to Total Export (Percent) |
|
Italy |
1,69 |
23,71 |
|
U.S. |
0,822 |
11,51 |
|
France |
0,739 |
10,35 |
|
Israel |
0,585 |
8,20 |
|
Indonesia |
0,363 |
5,09 |
|
Russia |
0,314 |
4,40 |
|
Canada |
0,302 |
4,23 |
|
China |
0,271 |
3,81 |
|
Georgia |
0,244 |
3,42 |
|
India |
0,202 |
2,83 |
Import
|
Country |
Value (Billions, U.S. Dollar) |
Compared to Total Import (Percent) |
|
Russia |
0,568 |
17,55 |
|
Turkey |
0,427 |
13,20 |
|
Germany |
0,326 |
10,08 |
|
Ukraine |
0,272 |
8,42 |
|
China |
0,196 |
6,06 |
|
UK |
0,174 |
5,37 |
|
U.S. |
0,162 |
5,02 |
|
France |
0,86 |
2,66 |
|
Italy |
0,79 |
2,44 |
|
Japan |
0,75 |
2,33 |
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