Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 13
By Anvar Mammadov – Trend:
Azerbaijan exported goods worth $12.5 billion in January-November 2017 that is by 50.4 percent more than in the same period of 2016, according to a report of the country’s State Customs Committee.
The share of state sector in export totaled $7.95 billion, private sector – $4.38 billion, individuals – $170.17 million.
Azerbaijan mainly exported oil and oil products, gas, aluminum and aluminum products, as well as fruits and vegetables in January-November 2017.
TOP-5 goods exported by Azerbaijan at the total cost:
|
Items |
January-November 2017 |
January-November 2016 |
||
|
Quantity |
Cost (thousand dollars) |
Quantity |
Cost (thousand dollars) |
|
|
Oil, thousand tons |
24,723,729.01 |
9,637,331.13 |
19,098,957.90 |
5,895,873.75 |
|
Oil products, thousand tons |
733,340.94 |
291,262.20 |
1,388,452.58 |
358,277.92 |
|
Natural gas, thousand cubic meters |
6,894,305.42 |
1,156,019.78 |
6,181,493.76 |
925,127.73 |
|
Fruits and vegetables, thousand tons |
492,783.92 |
452,728.71 |
336,248.23 |
336,431.79 |
|
Aluminum and aluminum products,thousand tons |
55,591.02 |
108,775.80 |
59,342.70 |
86,191.40 |
During the period, import totaled $7.79 billion, which is slightly more than in January-November 2016. Some $1.01 billion accounted for the state sector share in import operations, and $6.36 billion – for the private sector, $418.46 million – for individuals.
Azerbaijan mainly imported various machines, vehicles, ferrous metals, plastic and pharmaceutical products during the reporting period.
TOP-5 goods imported by Azerbaijan (total cost):
|
Items |
January-November 2017 |
January-November 2016 |
||
|
Quantity |
Cost (thousand dollars) |
Quantity |
Cost (thousand dollars) |
|
|
Machines and mechanisms, electronic equipment, spare parts, thousand dollars |
- |
1,670,112.06 |
- |
1,865,881.13 |
|
Ferrous metals and ferrous goods, thousand tons |
703,558.17 |
732,368.66 |
771,415.45 |
1,046,625.75 |
|
Vehicles and spare parts, thousand dollars |
- |
965,219.34 |
- |
648,688.63 |
|
Plastic and plastic products, thousand tons |
161,053.48 |
279,530 |
138,937.59 |
257,704.25 |
|
Pharmaceutical products, thousand tons |
14,259.35 |
228,328.55 |
9,864.41 |
179,379.48 |
Azerbaijan’s foreign trade operations increased by 26.6 percent and amounted to $20.29 billion in January-November 2017, as compared to the same period of 2016. The surplus in the reporting period amounted to $4.71 billion, which is 7.9 times more than in the same period last year.
