BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 16. Azerbaijan’s total crude oil and oil products’ exports stood at around 17 983 701 tons worth $13.724 billion from January through August 2022, Trend reports with reference to the State Customs Committee.
In terms of import volume, Italy came in first with 7.038 million tons worth $5.291 billion, followed by India with 1.600 million tons worth $1.342 billion and Israel with 1.632 milliontons worth $1.178 billion.
The table below shows 10 largest importers of crude oil and oil products from Azerbaijan in the first 8 months of 2022 in terms of volume:
|
Country |
Volume of imports (tons) |
Value of imports (USD) |
|
Italy |
7 037 650.87 |
5 291 416 250 |
|
India |
1 599 696.16 |
1 341 651 250 |
|
Israel |
1 632 481.35 |
1 177 966 640 |
|
Great Britain |
926 011.63 |
752 508 070 |
|
Croatia |
685 431.76 |
596 142 400 |
|
Czech |
731 704.74 |
586 135 510 |
|
Portugal |
742 648.16 |
546 904 660 |
|
Spain |
560 069.44 |
426 066 350 |
|
Tunisia |
542 863.82 |
408 414 730 |
|
Ukraine |
506 359.30 |
304 578 840 |
There are three main oil pipelines transporting oil from Azerbaijan to its neighbors and on to world markets: Baku-Novorossiysk Pipeline, Baku-Supsa Pipeline and Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Pipeline.
In addition, railway lines traversing the length of Azerbaijan are also used to convey oil to the Batumi and Kulevi terminals located on the Black Sea along the coast of Georgia.
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