Azerbaijan was a leader in tomato export to Russia in 2017, according to the Russian Federal Customs Committee.
Azerbaijan increased its export volume by 50%, to 151,000 tons ($151 million). Azerbaijan’s share in Russian tomato import increased from 22% in 2016 to 30% in 2017.
Russia accounted for 99.8% of Azerbaijan’s total tomato export in 2017.
China held the second place with 109,000 tons (a 26% increase from 2016). Morocco went down to the third place from the first place it held in 2016. The country’s share correspondingly decreased to 23% with 97,000 tons.
Belarus with 70,000 tons and Iran with 9,000 tons also entered the Top 5. (Trend/Business World Magazine)