In January-June this year, the volume of trade turnover in Baku increased by 4.6 percent compared to January-June 2021 and reached 13,005.5 million manats.

According to the information provided to "APA-Economics" by the Baku Statistics Office, the value of food products, beverages and tobacco products sold in the trade network increased by 15.1 percent compared to the corresponding period of the previous year to 7,779.5 million manats, and the volume of non-food products amounted to 7, It decreased by 5 percent and was equal to 5,226.0 million manats.

"36.1 percent of consumer products were sold in enterprises with legal entity status, 46.7 percent in commercial facilities owned by individual entrepreneurs, and 17.2 percent in product markets of the capital," the information states.

According to information, the volume of public catering turnover in the capital in January-June 2022 compared to the corresponding period of 2021 increased by 62.3 percent in real terms and amounted to 438.1 million manats.

The turnover of public catering by legal entities was 279.6 million manats, which made up 63.8 percent of the total turnover.