In January-May this year, Azerbaijan imported 12,683.41 tons of pharmaceutical products worth $ 263,049.49 thousand.

According to the calculations made by APA-Economics on the basis of the report of the State Customs Committee, compared to the same period in 2021, the value of imports increased by 31.7% and the volume by 28%.

In May of this year, the country received 49,313.24 thousand.

2,177.87 tons of these products worth $ 1,777.87 million were imported, which is 2.1% less in value and 28.6% less in volume compared to April.

It should be noted that in the first five months of this year, imports of pharmaceuticals amounted to 5.12% of Azerbaijan's total imports.