In 2025, legal and natural persons of the Republic of Azerbaijan conducted trade operations with partners in 180 countries worldwide, products were exported to 128 countries, and imported from 173 countries.
Modern.az reports this with reference to the State Statistical Committee.
Taking into account the statistically estimated value of exported crude oil and natural gas, which were registered with customs authorities but whose customs clearance was not fully completed, the country's foreign trade turnover in 2025 amounted to 48 billion 905.8 million US dollars. Of the trade turnover, 24 billion 526.1 million dollars, or 50.1 percent, constituted the value of products exported from the country, and 24 billion 379.7 million dollars (49.9 percent) constituted the value of imported products, resulting in a positive balance of 146.4 million dollars. Compared to 2024, the foreign trade turnover increased by 3.2 percent at current prices. In real terms, it decreased by 8.6 percent, including imports by 8.5 percent and exports by 8.7 percent.
In 2025, the export of non-oil and gas products amounted to 3 billion 628.2 million dollars, increasing by 8.1 percent at current prices compared to 2024, but decreasing by 18.1 percent in real terms.
According to data received from the State Customs Committee, 24.0 percent of the country's foreign trade turnover accounted for trade operations with Italy, 11.6 percent with Turkey, 10.0 percent with Russia, 9.9 percent with China, 3.6 percent with Switzerland, 3.1 percent with the USA, 2.8 percent with Germany, 2.3 percent with the United Kingdom, 1.8 percent each with Australia, Georgia, and Greece, 1.7 percent with Bulgaria, 1.6 percent each with Czechia and Uzbekistan, 1.4 percent each with Romania, Croatia, and Kazakhstan, 1.3 percent with Iran, 1.0 percent with Ukraine, 0.9 percent each with Portugal and Belarus, 0.8 percent each with France and India, and 12.5 percent with other countries.
Of the total value of products imported into the country, 19.6 percent accounted for import operations with China, 15.3 percent with Russia, 9.6 percent with Turkey, 6.1 percent with the USA, 5.3 percent with Switzerland, 3.7 percent with Australia, 3.4 percent with Germany, 3.3 percent with the United Kingdom, 2.9 percent with Uzbekistan, 2.6 percent with Iran, 2.4 percent with Kazakhstan, 2.1 percent with Italy, 1.4 percent each with Belarus and Japan, 1.3 percent each with Korea, Brazil, and Mexico, 1.2 percent each with Canada, Ukraine, and the Republic of South Africa, 1.1 percent with France, 0.9 percent with India, and 11.4 percent with other countries.
The value of products exported accounted for 45.3 percent to Italy, 13.5 percent to Turkey, 4.7 percent to Russia, 3.3 percent to Greece, 3.2 percent to Bulgaria, 3.0 percent to Czechia, 2.8 percent to Georgia, 2.7 percent to Croatia, 2.5 percent to Romania, 2.2 percent to Germany, 1.9 percent to Switzerland, 1.7 percent to Portugal, 1.4 percent to the United Kingdom, 1.2 percent to Ireland, 0.9 percent each to Tunisia and Ukraine, 0.8 percent to the Netherlands, 0.7 percent to India, 0.6 percent to France, 0.5 percent each to Syria, Serbia, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, and Afghanistan, and 4.2 percent to other countries.
In the value of non-oil and gas product exports, the share of goods sent to Russia (32.4 percent), Turkey (16.5 percent), Georgia (9.6 percent), Switzerland (9.6 percent), Ukraine (5.5 percent), the United Arab Emirates (3.1 percent), Kazakhstan (2.6 percent), Belarus (2.2 percent), Uzbekistan (2.1 percent), Turkmenistan (1.7 percent), the USA (1.7 percent), Germany (1.3 percent), and Italy (1.2 percent) predominated.
Compared to 2024, in 2025, imports of raw sugar increased by 24.2 percent, flour confectionery products – by 0.3 percent, beef – by 12.9 percent, fresh vegetables – by 29.0 percent, cigarettes – by 3.0 times, passenger cars – by 38.1 percent, buses – by 2.2 times, mineral fertilizers – by 6.8 percent, polyethylene – by 20.7 percent, household air conditioners – by 10.3 percent, polypropylene – by 3.1 percent, angles of ferrous metals – by 5.9 percent, household refrigerators – by 10.3 percent, while imports of wheat decreased by 1.9 percent, vegetable oils – by 18.5 percent, butter, other milk fats and spreads – by 15.9 percent, fresh fruit – by 13.1 percent, chocolate and chocolate products – by 4.2 percent, tea – by 6.4 percent, potatoes – by 5.6 percent, poultry meat and its offal – by 31.6 percent, medicines – by 14.9 percent, rolled steel – by 3.2 percent, pipes of ferrous metals – by 7.5 percent, computing machines, blocks and devices – by 9.1 percent, footwear – by 2.2 percent, rubber tires – by 5.7 percent, trucks – by 3.2 percent, synthetic detergents – by 7.3 percent, bars of ferrous metals – by 18.0 percent, washing machines – by 6.7 percent, and cement – by 19.7 percent.
Compared to the previous year, in 2025, exports of important product types such as fresh fruit increased by 21.4 percent, fresh vegetables – by 18.0 percent, sugar – by 67.6 percent, cigarettes – by 38.4 percent, potatoes – by 47.8 percent, vegetable oils – by 25.0 percent, polypropylene – by 0.8 percent, unwrought aluminum – by 87.0 percent, polyethylene – by 12.7 percent, cement clinkers – by 11.5 percent, and cotton yarn – by 30.5 percent, while exports of tobacco decreased by 30.9 percent, fruit and vegetable juices – by 1.2 percent, fruit and vegetable preserves – by 16.4 percent, tea – by 2.9 percent, margarine, other edible mixtures – by 34.3 percent, natural grape wines and grape must – by 14.8 percent, mineral fertilizers – by 3.8 percent, cotton fiber – by 8.0 percent, electricity – by 29.8 percent, pipes of ferrous metals – by 11.3 percent, bars of ferrous metals – by 36.1 percent, and bentonite clay – by 15.1 percent.
