Azerbaijan increases rice imports 2,000-fold

In January-February of this year, Azerbaijan bought 8,923 tons of rice (+2.2 times) worth $8 million (+2.5 times) from abroad, Report informs, citing the data of the State Statistics Committee.

In the reporting period, 8,398 tons (+2.8 times) worth $7.63 million (+3 times) were brought from India, 203 tons (-33%) worth $155,000 (+4.1%) from Kazakhstan, 143 tons (+2,043 times) worth $119,000 (+595 times) from China, 172 tons (+74%) worth $117,000 (+46.3%) from Pakistan, and 4 tons (+60%) worth $10,000 (+2.4%) from Türkiye.

Of the 50,236 tons of rice imported by Azerbaijan (from 22 countries) last year, 74.8% came from India.