Azerbaijan’s exports of non-oil and gas products amounted to $548.9 million in the period between January and April in 2020, the State Statistics Committee reported on June 16.

January saw a growth in the import of Georgian wines. Azerbaijan imported 5,790 bottles of wine from Georgia in early 2019, the National Wine Agency of Georgia told Report.

About 362,000 tons of oil products were imported by Tajikistan for in January-November 2018.

The government of Azerbaijan, which has set a goal to replace foreign imports with domestic production, introduced certain changes to its customs system in this regard.

Azerbaijan, which is keen to diversify its economy, is seeking to enter a qualitatively new stage of its development and switch to the economic policy of import-substitution, which stands for replacing foreign imports with domestic production.

Azerbaijan’s executive authorities and state-financed organizations will suspend the purchase of imported goods (services and works) until January 1, 2018.