Azerbaijan boosts export of various goods in January
By Ayya Lmahamad
Azerbaijan has increased export volume of various goods in January 2021, Azertag has reported.
In January this year, Azerbaijan exported 104 tons of tea worth $760,000, thus increasing the export volume by 121 percent in quantitative terms. It should be noted that the country exported 47 tons of tea worth $317,000 in January 2020.
Moreover, in January, the country increased exports of powdered sugar to 3,066 tons with the value of export amounting to $1.5 million. In January 2020, Azerbaijan exported 1,157 tons of powdered sugar worth $511.000.
Furthermore, Azerbaijan has increased export of cotton fiber to 10,400 tons and cotton yarn to 1,400 tons. The value of exported goods was $14.3 million and $3.2 million respectively. In January 2020, 7,800 tons of cotton fiber worth $10.5 million and 1,200 tons of cotton yarn worth $2.9 million were exported.
Meanwhile, export of aluminium and aluminium products increased to 6,064 tons worth $13.8 million in January 2021. It should be noted that the value of exported aluminium and aluminium products amounted to 4,744 tons worth $8.9 million in the same month of last year.
The volume of Azerbaijan’s exports amounted to $1.6 billion, including $146 million in the non-oil sector in January 2021. In the list of non-oil exports, persimmons ranked first with $16.7 million, followed by cotton fiber with $14.3 million and hazelnuts with $10.2 million. Additionally, In January, non-oil goods worth $52.7 million were exported to Turkey, $42.8 million to Russia, $10 million to Switzerland, $6.4 million to Georgia and $4.3 million to China.
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