Cotton production triples in Azerbaijan

2017-10-24 01:15:39

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency ) Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 24

By Anvar Mammadov – Trend:

As of Oct. 24, 2017, 123,970 tons of cotton were harvested in Azerbaijan, which is 3 times more than in the same period of 2016, the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee said in a message Oct. 24.

During the period, the biggest volume of cotton was harvested in Azerbaijan's Saatli District.

In total, cotton has been sown on an area of 136,410 hectares this year, which is 2.7 times more than in 2016.

Crop areas (in hectares)

Harvest in tons

2017	2016	2017 compared to 2016	As of October 24, 2017	As of October 24, 2016	2017 compared to 2016
Throughout Azerbaijan	136,413.2	51.369	2.7 times	123,966.21	41.867	3 times
Aghjabadi	9.550	3.711	2.6 times	11,332.44	3,856.4	2.9 times
Aghdam	3.005	390	7.7 times	3,854.16	485	7.9 times
Agdash	3.000	1.154	2.6 times	2.142	903	2.4 times
Agsu	2.500	1.104	2.3 times	1,552.6	571.1	2.7 times
Beylagan	8.550	4.035	2.1 times	9,583.36	3.245	3 times
Barda	8,518.5	2.749	3.1 times	11,311.12	3,349.6	3.4 times
Bilasuvar	11,351.8	5.736	2 times	14.379	4,310.2	3.3 times
Jalilabad	500	426	117.4 percent	642.3	243.3	2.6 times
Fuzuli	2.050	505	4.1 times	1,139.4	207.6	5.5 times
Goranboy	5.000	2.024	2.5 times	3,443.8	2.771	124.3 percent
Goychay	-	200	-	-	76.2	-
Hajigabul	1,203.9	526	2.3 times	392.61	272.2	144.2 percent
Imishli	15,641.5	4.746	3.3 times	7,988.97	3,314.5	2.4 times
Kurdamir	4.027	1.911	2.1 times	3,010.32	1.090	2.8 times
Neftchala	11.111	1.541	7.2 times	6,000.63	841	7.1 times
Saatli	17.220	8.028	2.1 times	18,879.9	6.354	3 times
Sabirabad	15.055	6.113	2.5 times	11,801.78	4.058	2.9 times
Salyan	7,052.4	2.286	3.1 times	5,534.3	990.8	5.6 times
Samukh	53	330	16.1 percent	14.41	559	2.6 percent
Tartar	3.123	1.035	3 times	5,187.76	1.370	3.8 times
Ujar	2.500	510	4.9 times	1,225.64	150.6	8.1 times
Yevlakh	2.168	1.435	1.5 times	1,645.01	2.367	69.5 percent
Zardab	3,232.3	874	3.7 times	2,904.7	481.5	6 times

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