For the first 2 months of this year, Azerbaijan has sold 1 billion 213 million 897 thousand cubic meters of natural gas to foreign countries.
Yeniavaz.com reports citing published official data, the total cost of natural gas sold abroad amounted to $502,27,000.
As can be seen from the figures, the customs value of 1,000 cubic meters of exported natural gas was $413.
For comparison, over the same period last year, Azerbaijan exported more - 3 billion 964 million cubic meters of natural gas. The customs value of 1,000 cubic meters of exported natural gas was $637.
During the first 2 months of this year, Azerbaijan has sold natural gas to 6 countries. We sold natural gas to Romania at the highest price. The cost of 1,000 cubic meters of natural gas sold to this country was $1,008. At the lowest price we sold to Iran - $38 per 1000 cubic meters.
For information, natural gas sold to Iran is sold at the same price in exchange for natural gas supplied by Iran to Nakhchivan. At the same time, Azerbaijan also sold natural gas to Russia at a cheap price - $170 per 1,000 cubic meters. At about the same price, he bought natural gas from Russia - $179 per 1,000 cubic meters.
Last year, Azerbaijan sold natural gas to the following countries:
Countries | Total volume (thousand cubic meters) | Total cost (thousand dollars) | The cost of 1000 cubic meters (dollar) |
Georgia | 499 631,86 | 90 175,16 | 180,5 |
Russia | 326 532,4 | 55 519,51 | 170 |
Italy | 155 439,54 | 150 280,04 | 967 |
Romania | 130 163,08 | 131 208,44 | 1008 |
Turkey | 90 670,37 | 74 418,3 | 821 |
Iran | 11 460,13 | 434,98 | 38 |
In addition, in the first 2 months of this year, Azerbaijan also purchased natural gas from Turkmenistan. Turkmenistan purchased 87 million 849 thousand cubic meters of gas, the customs value of which amounted to 12 million 533.4 thousand dollars ($143 per 1,000 cubic meters).
One of the highlights of the published official report is the sharp increase in the price of natural gas sold by Azerbaijan to Turkey. Thus, in the first 2 months of this year, Azerbaijan sold 1,000 cubic meters of natural gas to this country for $821. In the same period last year, this amount was $275. As can be seen from the figures, the price of natural gas sold by Azerbaijan to Turkey has increased almost 3 times. At the same time, the amount of natural gas sold by Azerbaijan to Turkey has sharply (16 times) decreased.
A. Jafarov