Azerbaijan starts potato exports to another country

In the first five months of this year, Azerbaijan imported 99,833 tons (+1.3%) of potatoes (excluding seed potatoes) worth $ 26.246 million (+11%), Report informs, citing the State Statistics Committee.

During the reporting period, 36,104 tons (-2.5 times) worth $ 8.926 million (-2.5 times) were imported from Iran, 30,595 tons (+6 times) worth $ 7.673 million (+6 times) from Turkiye, 24,386 tons (+498 times) worth $ 7.316 million (+487 times) from Pakistan, 5,856 tons (+4 times) worth $ 1.466 million (+4.1 times) from Georgia, and 2,824 tons worth $ 847,350 from Ukraine (a year ago, Azerbaijan did not import potatoes from Ukraine).

In the reporting period, Azerbaijan exported 33,323 tons (-33.3%) of potatoes worth $ 14.822 million (-30%).

Russia imported 30,772 tons (-31.2%) worth $ 14.025 million (-30%), Belarus 1,027 tons (+4.8%) worth $ 381,000 (+45%), Ukraine 755.6 tons (-80.6%) worth $ 217,400 (-75.4%), Georgia 439.7 tons (+6.5 times) worth $ 109,900 (+9.2 times), and Lithuania 163.5 tons worth $ 40,880 from Azerbaijan.

This year Azerbaijan started exporting potatoes to Lithuania for the first time in 11 years (official statistics on foreign trade in open access are available until 2011).