BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 23. Italy, Romania, and
the Czech Republic have been the highest 3 importers of oil from Azerbaijan
within the first 5 months of 2026.
That is mirrored within the customs statistics of overseas commerce of
Azerbaijan printed by the State Customs Committee.
In accordance with the knowledge, in complete, Azerbaijan exported 8.8
million tons of crude oil and petroleum merchandise derived from
bituminous rocks to different international locations, value $5.1 billion within the
reporting interval.
In comparison with the identical interval in 2025, this represents a lower
of $522 million, or 9.2%, in worth phrases, whereas in quantity phrases,
the determine decreased by 1.5 million tons, or 14.8%.
In the meantime, Italy imported 5.3 million tons of Azerbaijani oil
value $3 billion, Romania – 461,300 tons value $247.8 million, and
the Czech Republic – 433,100 tons value over $245.7 million.
The desk lists the ten largest importers of crude oil and
petroleum merchandise from Azerbaijan within the interval from January
by means of Could 2026:
Nation | Import quantity | Import worth |
Italy | 5.3 million tons | $3 billion |
Romania | 461,317 tons | $247.8 million |
Czech Republic | 433,064 tons | $245.7 million |
Portugal | 395,031 tons | $221.9 million |
Germany | 360,299 tons | $210.8 million |
Tunisia | 307,167 tons | $187 million |
Greece | 284,374 tons | $182.7 million |
Bulgaria | 277,990 tons | $182.3 million |
Croatia | 276,342 tons | $162.7 million |
Thailand | 137,360 tons | $103.3 million |
Others | 556,733 tons | $355 million |
In the meantime, Azerbaijan’s oil is transported to neighboring
international locations and world markets by way of three pipelines:
Baku–Novorossiysk, Baku–Supsa, and Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan (BTC). At
current, transportation by way of the Baku–Supsa pipeline has been
suspended.
