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December 18, Fineko/abc.az. The Czech Republic and Croatia have become the largest buyers of crude oil in Azerbaijan this year.

ABC.AZ informs that the Czech  Republic purchased 1.583 million tons, or $ 977.55 million, of crude oil from Azerbaijan, and Croatia - 1.436 million tons, or $873.4 million. Thus, two European countries became the 2nd and 3rd largest buyers of crude oil in Azerbaijan.

Last year, Azerbaijan was the main supplier of crude oil (85%) to Croatia. But of the 7.323 million tons of crude oil, the Czech Republic purchased 4.223 million tons from Russia, and the remaining 1.965 million tons from Azerbaijan.

According to the State Customs Committee, in the first 11 months of the year, Azerbaijan sold 21.556 million tons of crude oil abroad, as a result of which the country received $13.3 billion in foreign currency. Crude oil accounts for 54.67% of the country's exports.