16:47 - 17.03.2026

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March 17, Fineko/abc.az. There was deficit of $2.6 bn in the balance of primary income in the oil & gas sector in 2025, while surplus of $600 million was recorded in the non-oil/gas sector. As a result, overall deficit of primary income balance deficit reduced by 27.4% to $2 bn.

ABC.AZ reports with reference to the Central Bank of Azerbaijan that overall turnover of receipts and payments on primary income reached $7.8 bn: "Of them, 62.8%, or $4.9 bn, accounted for payments to non-residents from Azerbaijan. The main part of this amount ($3.4 bn) was the repatriation of income from foreign investors (including $3 bn from international oil and gas consortia, mainly in the form of crude oil and natural gas), interests paid to non-residents on the securities portfolio ($249.6 million), interests on external loans ($478.9 million), as well as other payments ($736.8 million)."

"Substantial part of other payments ($445.1 million) was taken into account in foreign direct investments, as it entered the country's economy in the form of reinvestments (reinvestment of income earned in Azerbaijan)," the CBA added.