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Comparative Analysis 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Azerbaijan’s foreign trade; Comparative Analysis 
Introduction 
 Since independence, Azerbaijan has successfully improved both economic and 
trade relationships with its neighbors and other countries of the world. Above all, 
however, in the early years of independence, the fallout from the collapse of the 
U.S.S.R., including the loss of former Soviet economic connections, reverberated 
throughout Azerbaijan’s economy and caused a crisis in all spheres of the 
economy, including foreign trade. The sudden and difficult transition from a 
planned economy to a market economy created many challenges for not only 
Azerbaijan but all former Soviet countries. One of the most difficult was the need 
to define what goods and services to trade with other countries and to answer 
decisively critical questions such as: In which direction should the economy move? 
In what industries should the country engage? What products should, and can, be 
produced? To answer these questions and overcome these challenges, countries 
had to reform and modernize their economic structures by re-writing the rules 
inherited from the former system, which were generally incompatible with the new 
system. 
During this transitional period, levels of production declined due to the suspension 
of many plants and factories inherited from the former economic system, 
unemployment increased dramatically, and the inflation rate increased rapidly. All 
of this had a negative impact on not only foreign trade but also on macroeconomic 
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stability. Obviously, in this situation Azerbaijan’s first objective was to stabilize 
the economy and endure the transition period with minimal losses. To this end, it 
was very important for Azerbaijan to find its niche in the international division of 
labor in the world economy.  
All developed countries of the world like Germany, USA, Japan and others 
reached their currently powerful economic positions, in part, by specializing in 
certain fields in the international division of labor. 
In this regard, international trade has a number of advantages that are crucial for 
the economic prosperity of any country.  It enables a country to raise more revenue 
at a lower cost, to increase   the inflow of foreign currency, and to contribute to 
world stability. With few exceptions, the world does not consist of countries that 
have closed economies. And the power of and contribution to the world’s economy 
by countries that do have a closed economic system is minor. History has long 
since demonstrated that closed economic systems are unstable. Countries with 
closed systems not only lag behind in international trade but also struggle to realize 
their true economic potential. For example, compare and contrast the economies of 
South and North Korea. 
The instability of closed economic systems hampers the transition from one 
economic system to another. However, the fact that official reports document that 
Azerbaijan maintained trade relations with over 160 countries in 2011 indicates the 
degree of openness of Azerbaijan’s economy. Nevertheless, there are still 
weaknesses in Azerbaijan's foreign trade turnover. 
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For 70 years, Azerbaijan was an integral part of the Soviet economy, that has 
brought her to closed economic system. At present, according to official data, in 
2011, more than 160 countries around the world, trade with Azerbaijan has 
relations. First, the oil factor’s share in the trade turnover is considerable, and most 
of the oil is being exported as a raw material. This is due to the fact that besides 
exporting raw materials the Azerbaijani economy has not been able to find its place 
in the international division of labor so far. This may create negative long-term 
consequences not only for the country's foreign trade but also for Azerbaijan’s 
economy in general. Solutions to the aforementioned problems are to enabling the 
economy of Azerbaijan to integrate into that of the world.  
Considering the foregoing, in our research we address the following issues: the 
nature and magnitude of Azerbaijan’s current problems in the foreign trade 
turnover, the structure of the trade turnover with Azerbaijan’s partners in foreign 
trade, and recent developments in foreign trade. 
 
 
 
 
 
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 The volume and structure of Azerbaijan foreign trade turnover  
According to the State Statistics Committee, the volume of Azerbaijan’s trade 
turnover has increased seven-fold since 1991, when the  volume of foreign trade 
turnover was 4 billion USD. In the early years of independence, Russia and CIS 
countries were Azerbaijan’s only trade partners, Over time, the ratio of 
partnerships has changed in favor of EU countries. First, we will discuss 
Azerbaijan’s volume of foreign trade turnover and then its foreign trade partners 
and structure. 
Diagram 1. The volume of Azerbaijan’s foreign trade from 1991- 2010. 
(Billion. US dollars) 
Source: State Statistics Committee, 2011 and the Central Bank Azerbaijan 
Republic, 2011 
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As seen from the chart, since 1992, trade turnover decreased sharply and remained 
low in the immediately following years, increasing by a significant amount (USD 
3.6 billion) only in 2005. From 1993 to 1995 average GDP fell by 19%, which was 
an economic disaster for the newly independent country. As mentioned above, the 
main causes for this overall economic crisis signified by these figures were the 
collapse of the old economic system, the loss of exsisting economic ties with 
Soviet trading partners, and the decline in oil exports.  
Another indicator that reflected the economic situation in those years was a general 
decline in Azerbaijani industry.  Compared to the 1980s, the volume of industrial 
production decreased by  10% in 1991, 37% in 1992, and up to 50% in 1993. All 
this, of course, had to have a negative impact on the country’s foreign trade. One 
of the main reasons for the decrease in industry was rapidly declining oil 
production.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Diagram 2 1991-2010- oil production (in million tonnes) 
 
 Source: State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan Republic, 2011 
Despite having rich hydrocarbon resources, Azerbaijan endured a troubled 
macroeconomic situation throughout most of the 1990s, which was reflected in its 
foreign trade turnover. Lacking the financial capacity to invest in either production 
or export, Azerbaijan saw it’s oil production, compared to 1991 levels, decline by 
5.6% in 1992, 12.3% in 1993, and 18.5% in 1994. For the remainder of the decade, 
oil production continued to decrease and only in 1999 did production levels 
surpass those at the beginning of the decade. 
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Because there wasn’t proper infrustructure available to export the oil produced 
pursuant to the Contract of the Century, only in 2006 did oil production exceed that 
of the previous year by more than 10 million tons. This increase was likely 
associated with the launching of the transportation of oil through the Baku-Tbilisi-
Ceyhan pipeline. Next, we will examine the dynamics of oil exports from 1991-
2010. 
Diagram 3. 1994-2010- oil exports (in billion US dollars) 
 
Source: Đnternational Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook, 2011 
As seen from the diagrams, the grow rate of oil exports largely tracks that of  
foreign trade turnover (Diagram 1).  An increasing trend in both the volume of 
foreign trade turnover and oil exports was observed beginning in 2003.  
 
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Figure 4. The dynamics of oil exports and foreign trade turnover from 1994 
to 2010. (In billions of U.S. dollars) 
 
Source: Central Bank and the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan 
Republic, 2011  
As seen from the diagram, even subtle fluctuations in the volume of oil exports are 
immediately reflected in the foreign trade turnover. Obviously, there is a direct 
coorelation between the volume of oil export and the volume of the foreign trade 
turnover. According to our research, the correlation coefficient between oil export 
and foreign trade is 0.99.  As our research mainly focuses on the two variables, 
correlations between foreign trade turnover and oil export, it is a simple correlation 
function. It means that, other factors  which also  have an effect on the foreign 
trade turnover were not considered. However, just the oil factor has a tremendous 
effect on the trade turnover. 
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For instance, in 2008 the foreign trade turnover reached its highest levels since 
independence, and it’s not suprising that so did the levels of oil export, which 
totaled 29 billion U.S dollars. Moreover, oil exports consisted 94% of the foreign 
trade turnover that year. The following chart shows the proportion of oil export in 
the trade turnover for other years. 
Figure 5. The share of oil exports in the foreign trade turnover in 1994-2010- 
(percent) 
 
 Source: Central Bank of Azerbaijan Republic, 2011 
As seen from the diagram, the share of non-oil sectors in foreign trade has been 
shrinking. In the last five years, the share of the the non-oil sector has even 
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dropped into the single digits. This is a stark illustration of the Azerbaijani 
economy’s complete reliance on the oil factor. 
 Foreign trade partners of Azerbaijan. 
As the structure of Azerbaijan’s foreign trade has changed, so have its trade 
partners. Although Azerbaijan’s main trading partners were largely CIS countries 
in the early years of independence, this ratio has increasingly favored European 
Union countries. 
 
Figure 6. The share of CIS countries in the foreign trade turnover of 
Azerbaijan (in percentage) 
 
Source The Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan Republic, 2011 
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As seen from the diagram, the CIS countries’ share in Azerbaijan’s foreign trade 
has been shrinking. The main reason for this is that European Union countries are 
the major importers of Azeri oil, so as oil exports grow, the share of CIS countries 
in Azerbaijani foreign trade decrseases. Even though trading with CIS countries 
has grown from year to year, its share in foreign trade is overshadowed by the 
growth in energy trade with Eurpean countries. 
Figure 7. The trade turnover between Azerbaijan and other CIS countries in 
2006-2010 . (in billions of U.S. dollars) 
 
Source:  The State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan Republic, 2011 
Compared to 2006, the volume of foreign trade turnover in 2010 increased 1.5 
times or by 1.341 billion U.S dollars. However, the share of the CIS countries in 
the whole trade turnover decreased. 
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The major trading partner of Azerbaijan among the CIS countries is Russia. Its 
share of the trade turnover with CIS countries is approximately 50%. One of the  
main reasons for this is that Russia is the primary importer of Azerbaijani 
agricultural products. This high volume of trade between Russian and Azerbaijan 
is an outgrowth of the historical trade and ecomomic relations between the two 
regions. Moreover, about two million Azerbaijani citizens currently live in Russia, 
which contributes to the growth of trade turnover volume. In this respect, Russia is 
a useful economic space for Azerbaijan. 
 
Figure 8. The share of Russia and other CIS member-countries in the foreign 
trade turnover in 2006-2010 (percent)  
 
Source; The Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan Republic, 2011 
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To some extent, Russia’s share of Azerbaijan’s trade turnover is so high simply 
because Russia is the largest economic power in the CIS. Moreover, being one of 
the largest countries in the world in terms of area and population makes Russia a 
major market and economic space for not only Azerbaijan and other CIS countries 
but, indeed, the entire world.  Thus, it is unsurprising that Russia plays an 
important role in the trade turnover of Azerbaijan and other CIS countries as well. 
However, recent large-scale investments in the oil sector, especially involving 
foreign oil companies, has increased the share of European Union countries in 
Azerbaijan's foreign trade turnover, even doubling in recent years. This trend 
increased, especially after the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline started.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Figure 9. The foreign trade turnover  with the European Union  in 2006-
2010(billion euro) 
 
Source: DG Trade Statistics, 2011 
In 2010 the volume of the trade turnover between Azerbaijan and European Union 
countries increased by 4.7 billion euro, or by 63%, comprared to that of 2006.The 
main reason of increase on trade turnover with EU is a large  share of oil export. 
However, Azerbaijan also saw a decrease in the volume of the trade turnover in 
2009, which correlates with the dependence of the volume of trade turnover on the 
oil factor, as seen above in Figure 4.  
 
 
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Diagramn 10. The structure of Azerbaijan’s trade turnover with the 
European Union, in 2010 (percent) 
 
Source: DG Trade Statistics, 2011 
As seen from the diagram, petroleum products are the lion’s share of Azerbaijan’s 
trade turnover with European Union countries.  
The low share of non-oil sector products in the trade turnover with EU countries is 
related to the low quality of Azerbaijani products and their inability to satisfy EU 
product standards. This, in turn, negatively affects the country's export potential.  
Likewise, not being a member of the WTO impedes Azerbaijan’s access  to the 
European market and its nearly 500 million consumers. Since more than 95% of 
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world trade is conducted by WTO members, Azerbaijan’s entrance to the WTO 
means its access to the world market. 
Many post-Soviet countries long ago joined the WTO. If Azerbaijan further delays 
its own membership, the volume of the trade turnover with CIS countries may also 
suffer as a result because after CIS countries join the WTO, they may apply the 
WTO’s standards for imports, which would likely exclude products of 
Azerbaijan’s non-oil sector. Therefore, membership in the WTO is very important 
for Azerbaijan, and this process needs to be accelerated and well-prepared in 
advance. In the initial stages, this will require the development of competitive, 
quality products in the non-oil sector and full support of the membership process.  
Azerbaijan must identify prospective fields and products and further develop them 
in order to be a part of the world market. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Conclusion 
In recent years, growing oil production has driven continued growth in the volume 
of Azerbaijani trade turnover. However, the depletion of oil resources in the future 
is inevitable and may set the stage for a number of economic risks. One of the 
major problems might be a sudden stop of currency inflows into the country that, 
in turn, may lead to the decline of the manat’s exchange rate, the acceleration of  
inflation, and general macroeconomic instability. In order to promote more 
successful integration to the world’s economy and develop its reputation for high-
quality goods, Azerbaijan must both increase the volume and diversify the 
structure of its foreign trade turnover by facilitating the production of competitive 
products that can satisfy world standards. 
Diversification of foreign trade is a crucial part of the industrialization and 
economic progress of a country that primarily exports raw materials. Delaying this 
process may have negative net effects, which later will be difficult to resolve.,  For 
Azerbaijan, this means decreasing reliance on the oil sector for economic growth 
and gradually developing non-oil sectors in all spheres of the economy. At the 
same time, it is necessary to implement certain corrollary measures, such as  
strengthening the fight against monopoly and corruption, improving the business 
environment, and supporting the development of small and mid-sized enterprises. 
In particular, the growth of the agricultural sector in the country’s economy should 
be promoted by introducing new technologies to increase productivity. Certain 
Azerbaijani agricultural products have the quality to be competitive in the world 
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market but must be produced with greater efficiency. Accordingly, Azerbaijan 
should cooperate with countries that are experienced in agriculture and apply those 
models that best match Azerbaijani agriculture’s current reality to improve 
productivity. 
At the same time, economic liberalization and development of the service sector is 
necessary to attract greater foreign investment and increase productivity. In 
particular, new products in the banking and financial sectors are needed to improve 
this sector’s financial condition and subsequently to expand small and mid-sized 
enterprises’ access to financial resources. 
Currently, the majority of banks in Azerbaijan provide only traditional services, 
which limits start-up and growth opportunities for local entrepreneurs. For 
example, the banking sector in Azerbaijan supports few international banking 
services and products relevant to export. This, in turn, reduce the export potential 
of Azerbaijani entrepreneurs. 
Ultimately, inadequate development of market-economy infrastructure will 
eventually impede the growth of the whole ecomomy. Thus, economic reforms 
must be implemented throughout the country with greater speed to increase foreign 
trade turnover and diversify its structure as a whole. 
 
 
 
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Sources  
State Statistics Committee of  Azerbaijan Republic 
Balance of payment the Central Bank  of Azerbaijan Republic 
Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD), Azerbaina 
DG trade statistics, EC 
Ministry of Economic Development of Azerbaijan Republic 
Elementary Econometrics” M.S.Mukras 
 
 


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Quo Vadis Cyprus Forever?

Bowlus, John

How verbal threats to close oil transit chokepoints lead to military conflict