Azerbaijan discloses its major foreign trade partners

The trade turnover of the country totaled $10.379 billion. The black ink in external trade operations amounted to $3.903 million.   

In January-July, the country's export operations decreased by 79.4 percent or $27.55 billion compared to the same period of 2008 and totaled $7.14 billion.

The share of public sector in exports amounted to $6.745 billion (94.45 percent), private - $330.7 million (4.63 percent), individuals - $65.65 million (0.91 percent).

Imports dropped by 17.16 percent or $0.67 billion totaling $2.71 billion. The share of public sector in the import amounted to $874.49 million (27.02 percent), the private sector - $2.206 billion (68.13 percent), individuals - $157.18 million (4.39 percent).

In January-July, Azerbaijan exported 1,590 types of goods and imported 5,150 types of goods.

Below is a list of countries with the largest share in Azerbaijani trade turnover:

Export

Country	Value (Billions, U.S. Dollar)	Compared to Total Export                        (Percent)
Italy	1,69	23,71
U.S.	0,822	11,51
France	0,739	10,35
Israel	0,585	8,20
Indonesia	0,363	5,09
Russia	0,314	4,40
Canada	0,302	4,23
Taiwan	0,271	3,81
Georgia	0,244	3,42
India	0,202	2,83

Import

Country	Value (Billions, U.S. Dollar)	Compared to Total Import                        (Percent)
Russia	0,568	17,55
Turkey	0,427	13,20
Germany	0,326	10,08
Ukraine	0,272	8,42
China	0,196	6,06
UK	0,174	5,37
U.S.	0,162	5,02
France	0,86	2,66
Italy	0,79	2,44
Japan	0,75	2,33

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