20 Jul 2011 12:57

Azerbaijan exports over 20 mln tonnes of oil in H1

BAKU. July 20 (Interfax) - Azerbaijan exports 20.007 million tonnes of oil in the first half of 2011, the State Customs Committee told Interfax.

"According to analysts' results, exports of oil from Azerbaijan in January-June came to 20.007 million tonnes. A total of 16.308 million tonnes was exported via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, 2.0498 million tonnes through the Baku-Supsa pipeline, 1.088 million tonnes through the Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline and an additional 561,311 tonnes of oil via railway," a committee spokesman told Interfax.

The representative said that exports of petroleum products in the first half came to 993,961 tonnes at a value of $749.016 million.