BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 13. From January through
May of this year, Azerbaijan's retail sector sold goods worth
25.510 billion manat to consumers.
This is stated in the report by the State Statistics Committee,
"Macroeconomic indicators of the country’s socioeconomic
development for January–May 2026."
According to the report, сompared to the same period in 2025,
retail trade turnover grew by 3.8% in real terms.
Azerbaijan's gross domestic product (GDP) for the period from
January through May of this year amounted to 51.7 billion
manat.
Over the reporting period, value added in the oil and gas sector
of the economy decreased by 1% to 16.125 billion manats, while in
the non-oil and gas sector it increased by 0.4% to 35.658 billion
manats.
Meanwhile, from January through May of this year, Azerbaijan’s
industrial enterprises and individual entrepreneurs operating in
this sector produced industrial goods worth 27.5 billion
manats.
According to the information, this represents a 0.2% increase in
real terms compared to the same period last year.
During the reporting period, the value of production in the
non-oil and gas industry amounted to 8.9 billion manat, marking a
5.8% increase compared to the same period the previous year.
