Azerbaijan increases imports of cattle from Georgia by almost 19 %

Around 13,700 tons of cattle worth $34.84 million in live weight were exported from Georgia to Azerbaijan in January-September 2013, the Georgian Statistics Agency's report said on October 26.

According to the report, the share of this category in the total volume of Georgian exports to Azerbaijan amounted to 6.59 %in the reporting period.

Exports of cattle from Georgia increased by 18.95 % and by 52.19 % or 4700 tons in quantitative terms compared to the same period last year. For comparison, around 9010 tons of cattle worth $29.29 million in live weight were exported from Georgia to Azerbaijan in January -September 2012.

Goods worth $528.9 million were exported from Georgia to Azerbaijan in January -September 2013, or 26.2 % of a total volume of the country's exports during that period.

Exports from Georgia to Azerbaijan increased by 12.94 % compared to the same period of 2012. For comparison, Georgian goods worth $468.31 million were exported to Azerbaijan in January- September last year. (Trend)