Azerbaijan's strategic currency reserves increased during the nine months of 2012 by 11% to over $ 45 billion, enough to cover imports of goods and services for 3 years.
According to the report of the Central Bank on monetary policy in the first three quarters, in January-September this year, foreign exchange reserves of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan rose by 10% to over $ 11.5 billion. That is enough to fund approximately annual imports of goods and services.
Currently, the ratio of strategic currency reserves of Azerbaijan to GDP is close to 70 percent. - 15D -
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