BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 19. Azerbaijan imported 55,199 cars from January through September 2022, down by 15 percent or 9,775 cars less than in the same period of 2021, the State Customs Committee (SCC) told Trend.
Cars accounted for a major part of imports, totaling 51,055, which was 15.7 percent or 9,523 units less than in the first nine months of 2021. The country imported 337 minibusses (a 2.4-fold increase), 301 electric cars (three-fold growth), and nearly 9,000 hybrid cars as well.
Azerbaijan imported 8,779 hybrid cars from January through September 2021, rising by 2.5 percent or 220 units year on year.
In the reporting period of 2022, the number of trucks imported by Azerbaijan totaled 4,123, decreasing by 13 percent to 3,585 units against the same period of 2021.
Meantime, Azerbaijan imported cars of $743.966 million worth, which was 12.8 percent or $84.458 million more than in the same period of 2021.
