12:42 - 29.12.2025

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December 29, Fineko/abc.az. As of December 1, 2025, the portfolio of business loans of Azerbaijani banks in the construction sector amounted to 1.551 billion manats.

ABC.AZ informs, referring to the Central Bank of Azerbaijan, that the loan portfolio in this sector grew by 39.6 million manats, or 2.6%, against Jan-Nov 2024, up to 71.9 million manats, or 4.9%.

Thus, the amount of business loans given by banks in the construction sector reached 1.512 billion manats as of November 1, 2025, and 1.479 billion manats as of December 1, 2024.

As of December 1, 2025, the loan portfolio of banks in Azerbaijan increased by 1%, or by 281.7 million manats, up to 29.685 billion manats. In the structure of the loan portfolio, business loans accounted for 53.2% (15.805 billion manats), consumer loans - 31.4% (9.319 billion manats) and mortgage loans - 15.4% (4.562 billion manats).