BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 8. As of April 1, of this
year, the loan portfolio of Azerbaijani banks in the transportation
sector stood at 1.9 billion manat ($1.1 billion).
The data obtained by Trend from the country's Central Bank indicates that
the loan portfolio in this sector increased by 62.2 million manat
($36.5 million), or 3.3%, on a monthly basis, and by 508.7 million
manat ($299.2 million), or 34.8%, compared to the same period last
year.
Thus, the volume of business loans issued by banks in the
transport sector as of March 1, 2026, amounted to 1.9 billion manat
($1.1 billion), and as of April 1 of last year—1.4 billion manat
($820 million).
The loan portfolio of banks in Azerbaijan stood at 30.2 billion
manat ($17.7 billion) as of April 1, 2026. Within the loan
portfolio structure, business loans accounted for 53.5% (16.2
billion manat ($9.5 billion)), consumer loans for 31.3% (9.4
billion manat ($5.53 billion)), and mortgage loans for 15.2% (4.5
billion manat ($2.65 billion)).
