OREANDA-NEWS. According to the statistics of export of petroleum products of the Marketing & Economic Operations Department of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), in May the Department decreased export of petroleum products by 17.8% compared to the figures of April 2013.

According to the SOCAR, overall export of Azeri oil products totaled 93,205 tons in May versus 113,405 tons in April (this year’s best index).

This May it was exported 2,123 tons of motor petrol, 76,465 tons of diesel fuel, 14,617 tons of jet fuel. The data on export of furnace fuel and vacuum gas oil is not brought.

"For Jan-May 2013 export of oil products amounted to 495,877 tons, including 7,632 tons of motor fuel, 426,763 of diesel fuel, 61,183 tons of jet fuel, and 299 tons of furnace fuel (all its supplies accounted for March)," it was informed.

Over 2012 export totaled 1.2 million tons, including 113,027 tons of vacuum gas oil, 921,570 tons of diesel fuel, 60,142 tons of motor petrol, 145,980 tons of jet fuel, and 3,023 tons of black oil. The best export index was recorded in December – 138,144 tons.

In 2011 export reached 1.448 million tons (including 104,269 tons in December) and in 2010 – 1.846 million tons.

In 2009 overall export of petroleum products made up 1.968 million tons versus 2.58 million tons over 2008.