Juice producers worsened performance indicators

In the first half of 2014, Azerbaijan produced 1,578,400 deciliters (dal) fruit juices, told Turan the State Statistics Committee. In recent years, despite the overall increase, many juice producers worsened performance in terms of production.

Since the beginning of the year was made 160 500 dal of pomegranate juice, 842,500 dal of multivitamins, 26000 dal of apple juice, etc.

Last year, fully suspended work LLC BalaCans in Balakan district, which in 2012 produced 140,600 deciliters juice. Reduced production of JSC Gilan Qebele Konserv Zavodu in Gabala (-15.8%). According to the report of the State Statistics Committee of producing goods across regions, 645,100 deciliters (6,451 tons) of juice was produced in Gabala. Gilan reduces legal production since 2011, when production reached 1.092 million deciliters. In 2012-2013, declared to the tax authorities output fell by 41%. Relative to the power 7 production lines of the enterprise (210 000 tons per year), the disclosed amounts seem disproportionately scanty.

In 2013, in Goychay where acts, at least two of the leading manufacturers (JSC AzNar and JSC M-Pro), produced 261,900 deciliters of juice, which is 2.4 times more than in 2012. However, in this area, they are still far from a record high in 2011 - 300 600 deciliters.

Ramping up is the production of juice by plants in the Agsu region. In a short time to the leading position came LLC Az-Granat. In the past year in this area was made 546,600 deciliters of juice, which is 18.3% more than in 2012 (461,700 deciliters).

The State Customs Committee has fixed the export of Azerbaijani 4 290,8 deciliters of juice ($ 4,887,000). As the figures, exports to 2.7 times higher than the announced volume production. In the first six months of this year were delivered to 2 659,2 deciliters of juices and their concentrates. Liter of juice is declared at Azerbaijani customs at $ 1.21.

In retail liter of fruit juices and nectars sold at 0.90-4 manat, depending on the shape of the package and kind of the juice.

According to the State Statistics Committee, the annual consumption of fruit juices in Azerbaijan is 2.4 deciliters per capita per year. Based on this calculation, the annual consumption of juices in Azerbaijan is within 22 800 tons (or 2.28 million deciliters). According to the annual consumption of the population balance in 2013, in Azerbaijan there was consumed 28 600 tons of fruit and vegetable juices. This is 4.3% less than in 2012.

Fruit juice production in Azerbaijan in 2011-2013: (in thousands of deciliters):

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