Azerbaijan renews clay exports to Japan

In the first half of 2022, Azerbaijan exported 85,085 tons of clay (bentonite) worth $6.05 million, Report informs, citing the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan.

According to the committee, compared to the same period last year, these figures are 3.3% and 27.5% more, respectively.

Azerbaijan exported 74,158 tons (+3%) worth $4.7 million (increased by 16.1% compared to a year ago) to Russia, 3,172 tons (+91, 2 %) to Belarus for $572,000 (+2 times), 5,152 tons (-32.6 %) to Poland for $442,000 (+27.7%), 878.4 tons to Japan for $216,000 and 1,725 tons (+3.5 times) to Indonesia for $102,000 (+3, 3 times).

After a break of three years and one month, Azerbaijan resumed the exports to Japan.

During the reporting period, Azerbaijan imported 4,874 tons of clay (bentonite, refractory, other) for $981,000, which is 14.5% and 34.6% less than the indicators of the same period of the previous year, respectively.

Azerbaijan imported 1,083 tons (+76%) worth $313,000 from Turkiye (increased by 60% compared to a year ago), 612.1 tons worth $138,000 from Georgia (there was no supply a year ago), 207 tons from Poland worth $34,000 (there was no supply), 41.4 tons (+13.9%) worth $71,000 from Brazil (+45%), 26.3 tons (+2.7 times) from China worth $18,000 (-36.6%).