Azerbaijan’s non-oil exports of goods rose by 30.5 percent year-on-year to $1.4 billion in January-July, the country’s Economic Reforms and Communications Analyses Centre said.

According to the Centre, sugar exports rose 2.3 times, black metals – 2.4 times, cotton – 2.8 times, aluminium – by 42 percent year-on-year.

The country’s non-oil exports declined 5.2 percent year-on-year to $1.9 billion due to the COVID-19 pandemic.