Azerbaijan started importing in January-March this year Wheat from Russia and Kazakhstan increased, reports Interfax-Azerbaijan, citing data from the State Statistics Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Thus, according to statistics, the volume of wheat deliveries from the Russian Federation has increased three times - to 3 thousand tons. In total, Russia shipped $233,17 million worth of wheat to Azerbaijan in January-March (66,466 times growth). So became a ton of Russian wheats delivered to Azerbaijan at a cost of $284,84.
Shipments from Kazakhstan in the specified period amounted to 122,84 thousand tons (1,7 times growth) worth $42,294 million (1,8 times growth). On average, a ton cost Kazakh wheats Azerbaijan $344,3.
Overall, Russia's share accounted for 65,5% of wheat imports in Azerbaijan and 34,5% in Kazakhstan in the specified period.
Source: APKinform (Ukraine)
