17:51 - 24.06.2024

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June 24, Fineko/abc.az. Over Jan-May 2024, Azerbaijan imported 32,586 tons of rice from abroad for $33.877 million.

ABC.AZ reports that according to the State Customs Committee, rice imports increased by $4.108 million or 13.8% in value terms and by 598,000 tons or 1.8% in quantitative terms versus Jan-May 2023.

And in the first 5 months of 2023, our country imported 33,184 tons of rice for $29.769 million.

The average import price per 1 kg of rice for Jan-May 2024 reached 1.71 manats, which is 0.24 manats (15.9%) more than a year earlier.

Over Jan-May 2023, the average import price of rice was 1.53 manats.