Azerbaijan foreign trade up 5.2% to $37.2 billion in January–September 2026

Azerbaijan's foreign trade reached $37.211 billion in January–September 2026, up 5.2% on the same period last year, according to the State Customs Committee. Exports rose 28.3% to $23.865 billion, and the trade surplus reached $10.519 billion, 5.7 times the figure a year earlier. Trade was conducted with 178 countries.

Writing in a column for Day.az, Akper Hasanov notes that China ranked fourth among the largest trading partners, with $3.459 billion in trade, up 1.7%, or 9.3% of total turnover. Italy was the largest partner at $9.18884 billion, or 24.69%. Turkey ranked second with $4.32856 billion and the United Kingdom third with $3.72075 billion. Russia was fifth, at $2.68396 billion, or 7.21%.

The column also reports that strategic foreign currency reserves reached $89.3807 billion as of 30 September 2026, up 9.7% over the year, while external public debt stood at $4.5095 billion, down 7.8%.