Baku, Azerbaijan
By Anvar Mammadov – Trend:
As of Nov. 7, 2017, 168,570 tons of cotton were harvested in Azerbaijan, which is 3.3 times more than in the same period of 2016, the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee said in a message Nov. 7.
During the period, the biggest volume of cotton was harvested in Azerbaijan’s Saatli District.
In total, cotton has been sown on an area of 136,410 hectares this year, which is 2.7 times more than in 2016.
| Crop areas (in hectares) | Harvest in tons | |||||
| 2017 | 2016 | 2017 compared to 2016 | As of Nov. 7, 2017 | As of Nov. 7, 2016 | 2017 compared to 2016 | |
| Throughout Azerbaijan | 136,413.2 | 51.369 | 2.7 times | 168,566.73 | 50,416.1 | 3.3 times |
| Aghjabadi | 9,550 | 3,711 | 2.6 times | 15,982.18 | 4,737.7 | 3.4 times |
| Aghdam | 3,005 | 390 | 7.7 times | 5,021.67 | 616 | 8.2 times |
| Agdash | 3,000 | 1,154 | 2.6 times | 3,024.8 | 1,092 | 2.8 times |
| Agsu | 2,500 | 1,104 | 2.3 times | 2,084.4 | 577 | 3.6 times |
| Beylagan | 8,550 | 4,035 | 2.1 times | 13,112.24 | 3,863 | 3.4 times |
| Barda | 8,518.5 | 2,749 | 3.1 times | 17,463.5 | 4,058.1 | 4.3 times |
| Bilasuvar | 11,351.8 | 5,736 | 2 times | 20,874.84 | 4,841 | 4.3 times |
| Jalilabad | 500 | 426 | 117.4 percent | 861.9 | 260.5 | 3.3 times |
| Fuzuli | 2,050 | 505 | 4.1 times | 1,563.90 | 266.9 | 5.9 times |
| Goranboy | 5,000 | 2,024 | 2.5 times | 5,172.8 | 3,004 | 1.7 times |
| Goychay | - | 200 | - | - | 80.3 | - |
| Hajigabul | 1,203.9 | 526 | 2.3 times | 531.26 | 364 | 146 percent |
| Imishli | 15,641.5 | 4,746 | 3.3 times | 11,020.48 | 4,246.5 | 2.6 times |
| Kurdamir | 4,027 | 1,911 | 2.1 times | 3,871.38 | 1,415 | 2.7 times |
| Neftchala | 11,111 | 1,541 | 7.2 times | 7,694.57 | 1,039 | 7.4 times |
| Saatli | 17,220 | 8,028 | 2.1 times | 23,172.2 | 7,460.9 | 3.1 times |
| Sabirabad | 15,055 | 6,113 | 2.5 times | 15,160.49 | 5,247.6 | 2.9 times |
| Salyan | 7,052.4 | 2,286 | 3.1 times | 7,228.8 | 1,265 | 5.7 times |
| Samukh | 53 | 330 | 16.1 percent | 35.42 | 560 | 6.3 percent |
| Tartar | 3,123 | 1,035 | 3 times | 7,032.86 | 1,763.5 | 4 times |
| Ujar | 2,500 | 510 | 4.9 times | 1,660.89 | 191.1 | 8.7 times |
| Yevlakh | 2,168 | 1,435 | 1.5 times | 2,402.75 | 2,855 | 84.2 percent |
| Zardab | 3,232.3 | 874 | 3.7 times | 3,593.4 | 612 | 5.9 times |