Azerbaijan’s foreign trade increases 30 percent in 2011
Azerbaijan’s trade turnover with 149 countries amounted to $36.327 billion in 2011, or 29.9 percent over 2010, the State Customs Committee told Trend news agency.
A total of 8,450 legal and natural entities were involved in foreign trade operations last year. 3,843 of them were legal entities, while 4,697 – private individuals.
Export operations amounted to $26.571 billion in 2011, almost 24.4 percent over 2010.
The share of the public sector in exports amounted to $25.251 billion (95.03 percent), while that of the private sector - $1.127 billion (4.24 percent), and that of natural entities - $193 million (0.73 percent).
Imports made up $9.756 billion in 2011, or more than 47.8 percent over 2010.
The share of the public sector in import operations amounted to $3.404 billion (34.89 percent), while the private sector - $5.901 billion (60.49 percent), and natural entities $451 million (4.62 percent).
Azerbaijan exported 2,082 types of commodities and imported 6,233 types of goods in 2011.
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