BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 5. Trade turnover
between Azerbaijan and Georgia increased by 42.3% year-on-year to
$887.95 million in January-September 2026, Trend's calculations,
based on data from Azerbaijan's State Customs Committee, show.
In value terms, trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Georgia
grew by $264 million compared to the same period in 2025.
During the reporting period, trade turnover with Georgia
accounted for 2.39% of Azerbaijan's total trade turnover, placing
Georgia 8th among Azerbaijan's largest trading partners.
From January through September 2026, Azerbaijan exported
products worth $757.49 million to Georgia. This was an increase of
$262 million, or approximately 52.9%, compared to the same period
last year.
Non-oil products accounted for $443 million of export
operations. Compared to the same period last year, the export of
non-oil products from Azerbaijan to Georgia increased by $198.2
million, or 1.8 times.
During the reporting period, Azerbaijan imported goods worth
nearly $130.46 million from Georgia, up $1.93 million, or 1.5%,
compared to the same period in 2025.
Azerbaijan conducted trade operations with foreign countries
worth a total of $37.2 billion in the first nine months of 2026.
Azerbaijan’s foreign trade turnover rose by $1.8 billion, or 5.2%,
compared with the same period last year.
Exports accounted for $23.8 billion of the foreign trade
turnover, while imports totaled $13.34 billion. Thus, over the past
year, exports increased by $5.25 billion, or 28.3%, while imports
decreased by $3.423 billion, or 20.4%.
As a result, Azerbaijan recorded a positive foreign trade
balance of $10.5 billion. This figure increased by $8.67 billion,
or about 5.7-fold, year-on-year.
