Baku, Azerbaijan, May 12. Azerbaijan had
24,700 foreign trade participants in the first quarter of this
year.
The data obtained by Trend from the State Customs Committee shows that this
number rose by 1,100 (4.8 percent) compared to the same period last
year (23,600).
The participants included 17,600 individuals, and 7,100 legal
entities, marking a year-on-year increase by 1,000 (5.8 percent)
and 170 (2.5 percent) respectively.
Furthermore, 120 legal entities represented the public sector,
and 7,000 – private sector, showing a decrease of 26 (17.8 percent)
and an increase of 196 (2.9 percent) respectively compared to the
first quarter of last year.
Foreign trade participants include legal and physical persons in
the manufacturer category, state procurement entities,
foreign-invested enterprises, joint ventures, franchised legal and
physical persons, distributors, dealers, partners, wholesale
enterprises, retail businesses, and non-commercial service
institutions (banks, financial organizations, funds, etc.).