The 2025 year-end edition of the “Export Review” has been published
The first 2026 edition of the “Export Review”, published by the Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communication (CAERC), is dedicated to the results of the previous year.
According to Startup.az, the review shows that Azerbaijan’s non-oil exports increased by 8.1% year-on-year in January–December 2025, reaching USD 3.6 billion. During this period, exports of food products rose by 18.4% to USD 1.2 billion. Compared to the same period of the previous year, exports of sugar increased by 57.4%, fruits and vegetables by 27.4%, aluminum and aluminum products by 24.2%, cotton yarn by 19.3%, chemical industry products by 8%, and vegetable and animal fats and oils by 2%.
Last year, exports of agricultural products grew by 26.7% to USD 1 billion, while exports of agro-industrial products amounted to USD 314.7 million. Overall, combined exports of agricultural and agro-industrial products increased by 18.9% to USD 1.3 billion.
Among non-oil sector exports during the reporting period, gold ranked first with USD 326.2 million, followed by tomatoes with USD 192.5 million, and urea with USD 170.8 million. In December 2025 alone, persimmons topped the list of non-oil exports with USD 36.4 million, followed by gold (USD 29.2 million) and shelled hazelnuts (USD 20.3 million).
Over the twelve months of 2025, Azerbaijan exported non-oil goods worth USD 1.2 billion to the Russian Federation, USD 597.3 million to Türkiye, USD 347.9 million to Georgia, USD 347.8 million to Switzerland, and USD 201 million to Ukraine.
In December 2025, non-oil exports totaled USD 96.3 million to Russia, USD 51.2 million to Türkiye, USD 41.4 million to Georgia, USD 32.9 million to Switzerland, and USD 10.8 million to Ukraine.
The top ten non-state exporters for January–December 2025 included: the Representative Office of Azerbaijan International Mining Company Limited in Azerbaijan, Prime Cotton LLC, Baku Steel Company CJSC, Azerbaijan Sugar Production Association LLC, TABATERRA CJSC, STP Aluminum LLC, Export Stream LLC, P-AGRO LLC, KHAN-EL LLC, and AGRARCO LLC.
Among state-owned companies involved in non-oil export operations, the SOCAR Marketing and Economic Operations Department ranked first, followed by SOCAR Polymer LLC, AzerGold CJSC, Azeraluminium LLC, SOCAR Gas Export Department, Azerpambiq Agro-Industrial Complex LLC, Socar-Dalgic LLC, Istisu Mineral Water Plant LLC, Azerbaijan Railways CJSC, and SOCAR CAPE LLC.
During January–December 2025, the Azerbaijan Space Agency (Azercosmos) exported USD 18.1 million worth of satellite telecommunications services to 43 countries, accounting for 66% of its total revenues. In December 2025 alone, Azercosmos exported services worth USD 1.7 million to 35 countries.
In the reporting period, the top five destinations for satellite telecommunications service exports were the United Kingdom (USD 4.6 million), Luxembourg (USD 3.5 million), Sweden (USD 1.3 million), Türkiye (USD 861,000), and Nigeria (USD 823,900).