BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jan.30. Azerbaijan’s total crude oil and oil products’ exports stood at around 26.024 million tons worth almost $19.484 billion in 2022, Trend reports with reference to the State Customs Committee.
In terms of import volume, Italy came in first with 8.902 million tons worth $6.641 billion, followed by Israel with 2.289 million tons worth $1.672 billion and India with 2.017 million tons worth $1.625 billion.
The table below shows 10 largest importers of crude oil and oil products from Azerbaijan in 2022 in terms of volume:
|
Country |
Volume of imports (tons) |
Value of imports (USD) |
|
Italy |
8 902 201.85 |
6 640 524 170 |
|
Israel |
2 289 417.59 |
1 672 358 200 |
|
India |
2 016 842.39 |
1 625 428 010 |
|
Spain |
1 393 132.02 |
998 958 110 |
|
Croatia |
1 159 692.58 |
952 386 350 |
|
Czech Republic |
1 193 948.77 |
919 890 510 |
|
United Kingdom |
926 011.63 |
752 508 070 |
|
Portugal |
1 020 358.90 |
742 619 120 |
|
Indonesia |
795 015.24 |
605 892 080 |
|
Germany |
801 440.82 |
563 706 600 |
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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