Azerbaijan`s foreign trade hits $3.5 billion

The Azerbaijani State Customs Committee (SCC) has announced results of foreign trade operations with 95 countries in January 2013.

According to the Azerbaijani State Customs Committee, the total volume of foreign trade turnover of Azerbaijan averaged $3.5 billion.

The share of state sector in export operations reached $2.9 bln while import operations made up $0.6 bln respectively. Surplus balance made $2.3 bln.

Exports of non-oil products made $113,7 mln from January 2013, the Committee said.

Some 84% of foreign trade operations were carried out with Italy, US, Russia, Turkey, Portugal, Thailand, India, Great Britain and Austria.


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