Azerbaijan increases imports of porcelain utensils from Russia by 284 times

From January through April 2022, Azerbaijan imported 442 tons of porcelain kitchen utensils for $2.4 million, Report informs, citing the State Statistics Committee.

According to the committee, compared to the same period of last year, the imports increased by 20.2% in terms of monetary value and by 5.7% terms of volume.

During the reporting period, Azerbaijan purchased 139 tons (-43.4%) of utensils worth $633,000 (3.5% less than a year ago) from China, 6 tons (-51 7%) for $319,000 (-27.2%) from Germany, 9 tons (+27.3 times) for $310,000 (+11.3 times) from Korea, 191 tons(+3 times) for $676,000 (+3.2 times) from Turkiye, 34 tons (+284 times) for $83,000 (+321 times) from Russia.

In 2021, China accounted for 36.6% of the porcelain kitchen utensils imported by Azerbaijan (from 34 countries) , Germany was responsible for 15.8%, and Turkiye accounted for 15.2%. Last year, Azerbaijan spent $6.6 million on these imports.