Azerbaijan ups construction materials import from Georgia
The National Statistical Service of Georgia GruzStat reported that 249.77,000 tons of cement worth $18.45 million was exported from Georgia to Azerbaijan in the first half of 2013.
The share of this category in the total volume of Georgian exports to Azerbaijan in the first half year constituted 5.54 percent.
The export of cement from Georgia increased by 28.48 per cent, or 53.7, 000 tons in comparison with the same period. For comparison, in January-June 2012 196.08, 000 tons of cement in the amount of $14.36 million was exported from Georgia to Azerbaijan.
The growth of steel bar export from Georgia to Azerbaijan was also observed. Thus, in the first half of 2013 27.52,000 tons of steel bar in the amount of $17.24 million was exported to Azerbaijan, this is 15.13 per cent more than in January-June 2012. In quantitative terms, the growth constituted 26.85 per cent. For comparison, in the first half of 2012 Azerbaijan imported from Georgia 21.7,000 tons of steel bar in the amount of $17.98 million.
In January-June 2013 the goods in the amount of $332.81 million, or 26.9 per cent from the total export of the country, was exported from Georgia to Azerbaijan for the reporting period.
Export to Azerbaijan increased by 17.5 per cent, in comparison with the same period of 2012. For comparison, in January-June 2012 Georgian goods in the amount of $283.23 million were exported to Azerbaijan.