Azerbaijan imported 650 tons of ready or canned olives worth $1.65 million in the initial five months of 2024, Report informs, citing the country's State Statistical Committee.
Compared to the corresponding period of 2023, the imports rose by 27 percent in volume and 34 percent in value.
During the reporting period, Azerbaijan bought 239 tons (-17%) of canned olives from Türkiye worth $776,000 (+27%), 354 tons (+90%) from Spain worth $757,000 (+45%), 22 tons from Hungary worth $56,000 (no supply a year ago), 13 tons (+6 times) from Italy worth $35,000 (+2.3 times), and 20 tons (-13%) from Greece worth $23,400 (-61%).
For the first time in 13 years, Azerbaijan has imported canned olives from Egypt, with the transaction involving 1.7 tons valued at $4,000 occurring in the first five months of 2024. This marks a notable event as the publicly accessible official foreign trade statistics date back to 2011.
Meanwhile, in 2023, Azerbaijan imported 1,915 tons of olives from nine countries, of which 46.8 percent came from Türkiye and 46.5% from Spain.