According to the meters of the Azerbaijan State Customs Committee, during 2013 Azerbaijan delivered 7,294,698,900 cub.m. of natural gas to the foreign markets. Gas export increased by 4.3%.
According to the customs declarations, during this year gas export totaled 3,035,062,028 cub.m. to the amount of $701,980,200. Considering this data, during 2013 Azerbaijan sold natural gas at an average price of $231.29 per 1000 cub.m.
Gas export increased by 8.21% (in money equivalent) against 2012.
By January 1, 2014 the share of gas in the total export of the republic reached 2.93%.
According to the meters, in 2012 6.99 billion cub.m. of natural gas was exported from Azerbaijan. Of this amount 2,714,000,000 cub.m. to the amount of $648,717,000 was exported on the basis of the customs declarations. In 2012 Azerbaijan sold natural gas at an average price of $239.03 per 1000 cub.m.
Gas from the Shah-Deniz field is not declared by the customs agencies during export.
At present SOCAR exports gas to Russia, Georgia and Iran for Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (NAR).—0—
Economics
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Rashad Huseynov has been appointed as the new director of the Center for Agricultural Research under the Ministry of Agriculture, replacing Firdousi Fikretzade who led the center since 2019. Fikretzade stepped down from his position on June 10 at his own request.
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Since July 1, bus and metro fares have increased by 10 qəpik, reaching 50 qəpik. The fare for buses on the Baku-Sumgayit route has risen from 60 qəpik to 70 qəpik. However, it is reported that there has been no improvement in service quality following the price increase. According to complaints, air conditioners are not working on buses operating in the periphery, and overcrowding persists.
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Rovshan Najaf, President of the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), held a meeting with Bojan Kumer, Slovenia's Minister of Environment, Climate and Energy, to discuss bilateral cooperation in the energy sector.
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Azerbaijani Energy Minister Parviz Shahbazov met with a delegation led by the World Bank's Regional Director for the South Caucasus, Roland Price, to discuss the development of cooperation in the energy sector.
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