Tomatoes in Second Place after Oil in Azerbaijani Exports

Baku / 05.10.17 / Turan: In the first 7 months of 2017 Azerbaijan exported products of non-oil sector for 855 million US dollars, the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan reported. 1,333 subjects of the Azerbaijani market were engaged in export production.

The top five countries that bought Azerbaijani goods included Russia, with exports to that country totaling $ 311 million, Turkey ($ 178 million), Georgia ($ 78 million), Sweden ($ 77 million), and Turkmenistan ($ 38 million).

The most purchased Azerbaijani non-oil commodity was tomatoes (tomato paste). This product was exported for $ 127.9 million. In the second place is gold ($ 60.7 million), then polyethylene (in the primary form with a specific weight of less than 0.94 - $ 54.4 million).

In comparison with the corresponding period of 2016, in the first 7 months of this year, cotton fiber exports were up 8.3 times, electricity - 3.2 times, tea - by 60%, vegetables and fruits - by 42%, chemical products - by 30%, aluminum and aluminum goods - by 29%, alcohol and nonalcoholic beverages - by 26%, plastics and plastic goods - by 12%.

In July 2017, 459 economic entities exported non-oil products for $ 117 million.

In July 2017, the main export commodities were gold, sour and sweet cherries, methanol, tomatoes, polyethylene (primary form with a specific weight of 0.94), cast-iron semi-finished products (with a carbon content of more than 0.25%), semi-finished aluminum plates (rectangular plates with a thickness of more than 0.2 mm, sheets, and stripes), white sugar, apricots, etc.

In July, Russia ($ 37 million), Turkey ($ 34 million), Sweden ($ 10 million), Georgia ($ 9 million) and Turkmenistan ($ 5 million) entered the top five countries that bought Azerbaijani non-oil products, the State Customs Committee of Azerbaijan reported. -0-