The volume of passenger traffic by all types of transportation means in Azerbaijan dropped by 18.9 year-on-year in the period of January-April amounting to 509.8 million people, local media reported citing the State Statistics Committee.

The volume of investments in Azerbaijan’s oil and gas sector increased by 18.8 percent year-on-year in the period between January and April, amounting to 1.1bn dollars, the State Statistics Committee told local media on May 22.

The volume of Azerbaijan’s gold and silver mining industry increased by 23 percent and 72 percent respectively year-on-year in the period of January-March, local media reported, siting the State Statistics Committee.

The number of people employed in Azerbaijan’s economy increased by 107.2 thousand people or 7.0 percent year-on-year in March amounting to 1 million 641.5 thousand people, the State Statistics Committee reported on April 15.

In January-March 2020, Azerbaijan exported 84.598 thousand tons of fruits and vegetables worth $113.2 million, the State Customs Committee (SCC) told local media on 15 April.

Azerbaijan exported oil and gas products worth $2 billion 953 million 536,42 thousand dollars in January-February 2020, according to the State Custom Committee (SCC) report.

Last year, 47,710 cars were imported to Azerbaijan, which is 65 percent more compared to 2018, Trend reports referring to Azerbaijan’s State Statistics Committee.

The state program of 2017 aimed at the development of cotton growing in Azerbaijan is yielding results.

Automobile industry has been playing an active role in Azerbaijan’s non-oil industry in recent years.

The number of long-livers aged 90 and older has increased in Azerbaijan, Trend reports referring to the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee on May 6.