From January through February 2021, Azerbaijan, according to customs declarations, exported 10,266 tons of oil bitumen.
Report.az informs, citing the State Customs Committee, that the monetary value of the exported oil bitumen amounted to $1.712 million.
During the reporting period, the share of oil bitumen in the country's total exports amounted to 0.06%.
In January 2021, Azerbaijan exported 4,900 tons of oil bitumen. The monetary value of the exported oil bitumen was $798,000.
Last year, Azerbaijan proved to be Georgia's major bitumen supplier.
Georgia experienced a downward trend in oil bitumen imports in 2020. The country bought a total of 128.7 tonnes of bitumen last year, which is 41.3 thousand tonnes or 24.3% less than the same figure in 2019. Georgia imported 170 thousand tonnes of bitumen in 2019.
Other countries that also supply Georgia with bitumen are as follows: Iraq (26.6 thousand tonnes or 20.7%), Iran (9.1 thousand tonnes or 7.1%), Russia (7.2 thousand tonnes or 5.6%), Turkey (2.4 thousand tonnes or 1.9%), Armenia (0.9 thousand tonnes or 0.7%), the United Arab Emirates (0.2 thousand tonnes or 0.1%), and Albania (0.2 thousand tonnes or 0.1%).
In 2019-2020, bitumen exports from Iran dropped from 146,000 to 9,100 tonnes.
