Azeri trade $2.2bn in Jan.
BAKU – Azerbaijan conducted trade transactions totaling $2.2 billion with 94 countries this January, according to the country’s statistics committee.
Goods worth $1.6bn, accounting for 72.6 percent of the total trade, were exported from the country, while imports stood at $593 million.
The trade turnover increased 9.8 pct compared to January 2010, with imports rising 60.5 pct, while exports decreasing 1.9 pct. The volume of exported goods topped that of imported commodities 2.7 times, resulting in a positive trade balance of $979.8m.
84.2 pct of the trade was conducted with Italy, the United States, France, Russia, Malaysia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Turkey, Israel, Thailand, China and Germany.
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