Baku. Agshin Rafigoglu – APA-Economics. In January-August, 2014, 262.4 mln-products were produced in Azerbaijan’s metallurgical industry and enterprises of fabricated metal products.
According to State Statistical Committee, compared to a year earlier, the product in metallurgical industry dropped 9.2%, in production of fabricated metal products – rose 12.5%.
During this period, 827,000 tonnes of cast iron products were produced, down 40.4% by contrast to a year earlier. Production of steel pipes fell 56% to 21,600 tonnes.
Steel products rose 28% to 207,400 tonnes. Moreover, aluminum rods, profiles production soared 13.2% to 235,400 tonnes.