
In the first half of this year Azerbaijan imported 800.500 tonnes of wheat, by 264,000 tons or 49.5% more than in the same period in 2014. Approximately 94% of wheat was purchased in Russia, the State Statistics Committee. Only in the second quarter of this year, the volume of purchases from abroad amounted to about 305,000 tons.
A ton of wheat cost the importers at $ 234.3, which is by 10% lower than in the first half of last year.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, this year Azerbaijan produced 1,687,000 tons of wheat, by 243,000 tons or 16.8% more than in 2014. The harvest totaled 31.3 c/ha, by 7.4 c/ha more than last year. 08B
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