In January-October 2021, Azerbaijan exported 251,619.1 tons of nitrogen fertilizer worth $69.783 million, respectively, up 4.1-fold and 7.6-fold from the previous year.
Export of nitrogen fertilizer constituted 3.4% of the total exports of Azerbaijan on the non-oil sector.
The nitrogen fertilizer is produced in the SOCAR Carbamide Plant, of which the production capacity is 650-660,000 tonnes of carbamide using 435 million cubic meters of natural gas. The Plant was put into operation on January 16, 2019. 70% of the production is for export.