Rise in Azerbaijan's GDP

In current prices GDP indicator made up 17.34 billion manat.

GDP per capita increased 1.3 percent to settle at 1968.7 manat ($2448.7).

Roughly 7.2 percent of extra cost was created owing to net taxes from production and import.

General production volume in all economic sectors increased 2 percent, amounting to 63.3 percent of the GDP. Industry composed 48.2 percent, or 8.4 billion manat. The services sector grew 29.5 percent compared to similar period of 2008.

In January-July of 2009, agriculture, hunting and forestry provided 1.08 million manat, or 6.6 percent of the GDP; construction - 1.53 billion manat (0 percent); transport - 1.16 billion  manat (1.6 percent); communication and post service - 396.3 million manat (12.7 percent); wholesale and retail trade, automobile field, domestic products and repairing personal-use items - 1.34 billion manat (8.4 percent); restaurants and hotels - 197.2 million manat (15.8 percent); and social and other services - 2.02 billion manat (3.6 percent).

/Trend Capital/