29 Sep 2011 13:01

Azerbaijani expects non-oil sector production to rise 6.2% in 2012

BAKU. Sept 29 (Interfax) - The government of Azerbaijan projects that industrial output in the country's non-oil sector will expand 6.2% next year, a source in the government has told Interfax.

"The trend of the last several years will persist in 2012, where high rates of growth in non-oil industrial production are observed in Azerbaijan," the source said.

In January-August, industrial product output in the non-oil sector expanded 10.4%, he said. That growth was 6.6% in 2010.