Azerbaijan posts 45% decline in pomegranate exports to key supply market 

Azerbaijan exported 2,373 tons of pomegranate worth $3.728 million in January-September 2022, respectively, down 49.4% and 47% from the previous year, Report informs, citing the State Statistical Committee.

The countries that imported pomegranates from Azerbaijan in the reporting period include:

- Russia – 2,040 tons (-45%) worth $3.596 million (-46%);
- Ukraine – 145.47 tons (-83.2%) worth $57,790 (-84.3%);
- Georgia – 152.27 tons (+2.9 times) worth $55,450 (+3.1 times);
- Belarus – 28.45 tons (-7.6%) worth $15,650 (+73%);
- Kazakhstan – 2.9 tons (-39.7%) worth $870 (-38%).

In the first nine months of 2022, Azerbaijan imported 31.3 tons (+3.2 times) of pomegranate worth $51,140 (+2.1 times).

The country imported 20.85 tons of pomegranate worth $25,020 from Turkiye and 10.45 tons (+5.4%) worth $26,120 (+5.3%) from Peru.

Some 91% of the 29,254 tons of pomegranate Azerbaijan exported to 10 countries in 2021 were sent to Russia.