Azerbaijan"s incomes from oil export dropped by more than $205 million
During 2012 Azerbaijan exported a total of 1,614,136 tons of oil products, reported the State Customs Committee.
As compared to 2011 the volume of export of Azerbaijani oil products decreased by 370,000 tons.
According to the State Customs, in 2012 Azerbaijan's incomes from the oil products export totaled $1,321,209,078.
During 2011 Azerbaijan exported a total of 1,984,000,000 tons of oil products to the amount of about $1,527,000,000. This means that the country's incomes from oil products export decreased by $205.8 million.
* Reduction of the Azerbaijani oil products export is connected with a growth of their consumption at the local market of the country.-0-
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