BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 23. Machinery and equipment, cars, trailers and semi-trailers worth 245.4 million manat ($144.3 million) were produced in Azerbaijan from January through April 2023, the State Statistics Committee (SSC) of the country told Trend.
According to the SSC, this figure increased by 31.6 percent, or 77.6 million manat ($45.6 million) compared to the same period in 2022.
"The production of cars, trailers and semi-trailers from January through April 2023 grew by 69.2 percent, machinery and equipment - by 23.5 percent, while the production of other vehicles decreased by 27.3 percent." the SSC said.
Moreover, during the reporting period, some 1,259 units of passenger cars were produced in the country with an increase of 549 units, while the production of trucks reached 145 units with an increase of 45 percent. At the same time, tractor production grew by 73.4 percent to 293 units.
For comparison, by the end of 2022, machinery and equipment, cars, trailers and semi-trailers were produced in Azerbaijan worth 522.7 million manat ($307.4 million), which is 21.4 percent, or 92 million manat ($54.1 million) higher year-on-year.
The production of other vehicles rose 3.9 times last year, while the production of cars, trailers and semi-trailers grew by 68 percent.
At the same time, in 2022, the production of machinery and equipment increased by 58.8 percent, while tractor production decreased by 9.7 percent to 588 units. Some 2,049 cars were also produced, which is seven fewer cars than in 2021.
