In January-September Azerbaijan increased export of agricultural products by 31.9% YoY, the country’s Deputy Minister of Agriculture Seyfaddin Talibov said.
He said that about 90% of agricultural products of Azerbaijan was exported to Russia.
“We hold 11th place among exporters of agricultural products to Russia”, Talibov said. “2.7% of Russian imports of fruit and 3.5% of imports of vegetables account for the Azerbaijani products”.
“Despite the fact that the price of our agricultural products sold in Russia is above the average index for the market, they are of high quality”, Talibov said.
The deputy minister noted that over the past 15 years, the export of primary agricultural products of Azerbaijan in value terms increased 5 times, by 56.2% over the last ten years and by 28.7% over the last five years.
“If in 2000, fruit and vegetables accounted for only 31% and export of cotton accounted for only 66% in the export of agricultural products, currently the supply of fruit and vegetables abroad accounts for 80-90%”, Talibov said. (Trend/Business World Magazine)