Iran, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia were Azerbaijan’s top three trade partners among the Gulf countries in January-February 2020, local media reported, citing the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee.

The volume of fruits and vegetables exported in Azerbaijan dropped by 20.4 percent year-on-year in the period of January-February, Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee has reported.

The volume of Azerbaijan’s export of sweet cherries and chokecherries to Russia increased by 13.7 percent year-on-year in 2019 to 26,515 tons.

French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian has said that Azerbaijan and France must increase the trade turnover as the current volume of exports and imports do not reflect the full potential of the two countries.

The volume of Azerbaijan’s overall exports increased by 2 percent or $365 million year-on-year in the period of January-November, the Center for Economic Reforms Analysis and Communication has reported.

Iran exported goods worth $32.5 billion in the period between January and September in 2019, deputy minister of industry, mine and trade for commercial affairs of Iran Hossein Modarres-Khiabani has said.

Azerbaijan is one of the largest pomegranate producers in the world. The country exports its pomegranates to a number of countries.

Azerbaijan increased exports of fruits and vegetables by 15 percent in January-June 2019 when compared to the same period last year, or up to $318.4 million in monetary equivalent, Trend reports referring to the Export Review published by Azerbaijan’s Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communication.

The Statistical Committee of Armenia has published the sad macroeconomic data for January-June 2019.

Azerbaijan ranks fifth in terms of exports and sixth in imports among the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS),Trend reports with reference to the CIS Committee.