In January-March 2019, Azerbaijan exported 21,371 MT of tomatoes in the amount of $25.5 million. Compared to the same period in 2018, exports in quantitative terms increased by 7.7%, in value terms – by 6.1%.
The main importer of Azerbaijani tomatoes is Russia. In the first quarter of 2019, 21,303 MT of products were sent to the Russian market, which amounted to 99.7% of total exports, worth $ 25.4 million. Compared with January-March 2018, exports of tomatoes to Russia increased by 7.8% in quantitative terms and 6.3% in terms of value.
It is specified that for the whole 2018 Azerbaijan exported 172,000 MT of tomatoes for the sum of $177.4 million. The main importer of Azerbaijani tomatoes in 2018 was also Russia, which imported 170,000 MT of tomatoes for the sum of $176.3 million
From January to March 2019, exports of Azerbaijani apples to the Russian Federation amounted to 27,500 MT (+ 34.9%) in the amount of $11.3 million (+ 27.5%). The total exports of this type of fruit from Azerbaijan amounted to 29,300 MT worth $12.2 million. Compared to the same period in 2018, exports of apples from Azerbaijan increased by 41.5%, and in money terms – by 35.7% .
For the entire period of 2018, Azerbaijan exported 90,000 MT of apples for $38.4 million. Of these, 82,400 MT of apples worth $ 34.5 million were exported to Russia.