Baku. 27 August. REPORT.AZ/ In Azerbaijan meat imports decreased by 11.02% this year, amounting to 10.992 million USD in January-July.This is equivalent to 0.21% of the country's total imports.
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During the reporting period, an annual imports of food products rose by 3.1% to 593.37 million USD. In addition to meat, milk, butter and oil imports also decreased. Milk imports decreased by 13,47% up to 3,326 million USD, imports of butter decreased by 10.61% up to 13.515 million USD and imports of sugar decreased by 30.6% up to 68,633 mln dollars.
According to the State Statistical Committee, in January-July 165.3 thousand tons of meat (including poultry) were produced, that is by 1.9% more in annual comparison . The production of sausages also increased by 20.7%, reaching 1,278 thousand tons.