Azerbaijan quadruples revenues from carbamide exports

In January-July 2021, Azerbaijan exported 129,289.4 tons of nitrogen fertilizer worth $31.4 million, respectively, up 2.6-fold and 4.3-fold from the previous year.

Export of nitrogen fertilizer constituted 1.98% 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.