In January-February this year, Azerbaijan imported 70,722.7 tons of EU-92 gasoline worth $ 74,491.21 thousand.

APA-Economics estimates based on data from the State Statistics Committee that compared to the same period last year, imports of EU-92 gasoline increased by 31.2% in value and 14.2% in volume.

Last year, Azerbaijan imported 4,995.64 tons of EU-92 gasoline worth $ 2,387,400.

It should be noted that AI-92 gasoline is produced in Azerbaijan at the Heydar Aliyev Baku Oil Refinery, founded in 1953.

In April-May of this year, the refinery was temporarily suspended for maintenance (for 50 days).

After the implementation of the necessary work, the modernization of the plant began in stages as part of the modernization of the main technological facilities needed to begin production of diesel fuel in accordance with the Euro-5 standard.