In January–October of this year, products worth 1,920.8 million manats were produced in the fields of chemical industry, pharmaceutical products, and rubber and plastic goods manufacturing in Azerbaijan, the State Statistical Committee told APA-Economics.
Compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, the production of pharmaceutical products increased 2 times, the production of rubber and plastic goods increased by 12.6 percent, and the production of chemical industry products increased by 8.4 percent.
Among chemical industry products, the production of polyethylene increased by 4 percent, the production of ethylene by 3.2 percent, the production of urea by 0.4 percent; among rubber and plastic goods, the production of plastic bags and sacks (excluding polyethylene products) increased by 86.8 percent, the production of plastic rods, sticks, and profiles increased by 28.5 percent, and the production of plastic bottles, flasks, and similar items increased by 20.5 percent.
Chemical industry products manufactured in Azerbaijan:
|
Product types |
Produced between January and October 2025 |
Compared to the same period of the previous year, in percentage |
Ready-to-use product inventory as of 01.11.2025 |
|
Chemical industry products |
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|
Inert gases, thousand cubic meters |
38334.9 |
103.4 |
28.6 |
|
nitrogen from it, thousand cubic meters |
20092.3 |
101.4 |
24 |
|
Paint and varnish products, tones |
34632.7 |
99.4 |
411 |
|
Inorganic chemicals, tons |
18670.0 |
67.6 |
5380.0 |
|
from it iodine, ton |
168.2 |
97.7 |
27.1 |
|
Organic chemicals, thousand tons |
754.4 |
96.3 |
56.5 |
|
from it: ethylene, thousand tons |
130.1 |
103.2 |
1 |
|
propene (propylene), thousand tons |
121.1 |
101.3 |
0.6 |
|
methanol (methyl alcohol), thousand tons |
403.8 |
95.8 |
41.3 |
|
Ethyl alcohol, thousand parts |
64.3 |
110.7 |
44 |
|
Fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, thousand tons |
533.9 |
100.4 |
52.6 |
|
From: urea, thousand tons |
533.7 |
100.4 |
52.5 |
|
Plastic mass in primary form, thousand tons |
253.5 |
103.8 |
27.2 |
|
polyethylene from it, thousand tons |
125.3 |
104.0 |
7.5 |
|
Adhesives and adhesive substances, thousand tons |
141.8 |
129.3 |
10.7 |