Azerbaijan’s foreign trade turnover hits $6. 853 billion

Azerbaijan’s foreign trade turnover hits $6. 853 billion

Azerbaijan reached $6.853 billion foreign trade turnover with 120 countries in January-May, 2009, the State Statistics Committee said.

Exports totaled $4.591 billion and imports $2.262 billion. Black ink totaled $2.329 billion.

Italy accounts for 19.8%, Russia 8.5%, the U.S. 8.4%, France 7.3%, Israel 5.4%, Turkey 4.9% and Germany 3.9% of the export-import operations.

About 88.1% of exchange of goods as well as 91.3% of export and 81.7% of import operations were carried out in hard currency.