The agricultural production volume in actual prices amounted to 5.78 billion manat in Azerbaijan in January-October 2017, which is by 4 percent more than in January-October 2016.
According to the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee’s report, the crop production increased by 5.3 percent, while livestock production – 2.8 percent in the reporting period.
Almost 2.7 million tons of cereals and legumes were harvested from a 940,400-hectare-area (99.96 percent of the sown area).
An average of 28.6 centners of cereals and legumes was harvested from each hectare.
According to the report, as of November 1, 885,900 tons of potatoes were harvested (an increase of 0.7 percent for the year), 1,316.6 million tons of vegetables (an increase of 9.2 percent), 437,400 tons of melons and gourds (a decrease of 5.8 percent), 720,000 tons of fruits and berries (an increase of 4.2 percent), 135,600 tons of grapes (an increase of 8.8 percent), 702.9 tons of green tea (a decrease of 28.6 percent), 154,300 tons of cotton (an increase of 3.5 times), 275,700 tons of sugar beet (an increase of 2.4 times), 29,900 tons of sunflower (an increase of 74.9 percent) and 4,500 tons of tobacco (an increase of 31.2 percent).
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2017 |
2016 |
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Harvested area, thousand ha |
% |
Harvested crop, thousand tons |
Yield per centner /ha |
Harvested area, thousand ha |
Harvested crop, thousand tons |
Yield per centner /ha |
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Grain (without maize) |
940.4 |
99.96 |
2,691.1 |
28.6 |
960.8 |
2,838.8 |
29.5 |
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Corn |
34.9 |
96.8 |
220.2 |
63.1 |
34.3 |
213.2 |
62.1 |
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Sunflower |
14.9 |
99.8 |
29.9 |
20.1 |
8.2 |
17.1 |
20.8 |
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Cotton |
136.4 |
154.3 |
52.1 |
44.1 |
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Tobacco, tons |
3.2 |
4.5 |
2.4 |
3,406.0 |
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Sugar beet (for processing) |
8.9 |
63.1 |
275.7 |
309 |
3.4 |
115.0 |
337 |
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Potato |
58.8 |
100 |
885.9 |
151 |
62.8 |
880.1 |
140 |
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Vegetables |
68.8 |
99.6 |
1,316.6 |
191 |
73.5 |
1,205.6 |
164 |
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Melons and gourds |
23.4 |
100 |
437.4 |
187 |
26.4 |
464.5 |
176 |
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Fruits |
720.0 |
690.9 |
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Grapes |
135.6 |
124.7 |
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Green tea in tons |
702.9 |
984.5 |
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Source: State Statistics Committee
So, 405,200 tons of meat in live weight, 1.68 million tons of milk, 1.45 billion pieces of eggs and 15,800 tons of wool were produced in the country in January-October 2017.
Meat production increased by 3.4 percent, milk production by 0.6 percent, egg production - by 7.5 percent, wool production decreased by 4 percent in January-October 2017 compared to January-October 2016.