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Positive balance of BOP drops 22% in Azerbaijan

Positive balance of BOP drops 22% in Azerbaijan
# 12 June 2012 13:56 (UTC +04:00)
CBA says foreign economic operation had positive balance on oil-gas sector, negative balance on non-oil sector, during the same period. Total incomes are formed on the accounts of export of oil and gas and foreign capital invested in this sphere. The payments on this sector reflect repatriation of profit and investments, import of equipments and services. Total positive balance on oil-gas sector made $ 6.5 bln.

Payment surplus on current transactions made $4.6 bln.

Main indexations of payment balance (mln. USD)
(mln. dollar)

 

2011, 1st quarter

2012, 1st quarter

I. Balance of current
transaction account                                4,826.0                                                 4,635.3
Foreign Trade Balance                                6,554.2                                                6,816.5
Service balance                                         - 522.7                                                 - 934.1
Income balance                                      - 1,347.1                                              - 1,285.1
- Repatriation of investment income            - 1,447.5                                              - 1,373.8
Balance of current transfers                          141.6                                                     38.0

II. Balance of activity of
capital and finance                                 - 1,732.3                                                 - 2,217.1
Direct investment                                     77.1                                                    208.8
- Involved to Azerbaijan                              819.9                                                  1,161.0
- Directed to abroad                                     - 34.9                                                  - 206.7
- Repatriation of investments                    - 707.9                                                  - 745.5
Credits and other investments                 - 1,809.4                                               - 2,427.9
Oil bonus                                                        -                                                               2.0

III. Total balance of
payment balance                                   3,093.7                                                   2,418.2



Foreign trade turnover made $ 11.1 bln and foreign trade balance completed with positive balance of $6.8 bln. Azerbaijan had trade contacts with 122 countries, during the same period.

Commodity export made $ 9.0 bln during the same period. Oil-gas productions made 96.0% of exported goods. $8.3 bln-oil products were exported to foreign countries. $416.9 mln of this were oil products, $7.8 bln – crude oil. $7.4 bln of exported crude oil was extracted by Azerbaijan International Operation Company. $423.5 mln of crude oil was exported to abroad by other enterprises and $37.9 mln belonged to condensate from Shahdeniz, $ 385.6 mln- from SOCAR.

Note that, non-oil export of the country rose 1.4% to $ 351.5 mln in January-March, 2012.

(mln. dollar)

Structure of export

 

1st quarter, 2011

1st quarter, 2012

Fuel and raw products

8,330.5

8,770.1

- oil-gas products

8,199.6

8,618.5

-other raw

130.9

151.6

Machine and equipments

45.6

28.3

Consumption goods

167.6

167.7

Other goods

2.4

3.9

Export, total

8,546.1

8,970.0



The commodity import made $ 2.2 bln during the same period. Consumer goods import made $ 899.7 mln. $ 301.1mln of this was foodstuffs.

(mln. dollar)

Structure of export

 

1st quarter, 2011

1st quarter 2012

Consumption goods

791.3

899.7

- food products

317.9

301.1

- non-food products

473.4

598.6

Investment goods

142.4

163.5

Other goods

1,58.2

1,090.3

Total

1,991.9

2,153.5

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