12:45 - 30.10.2026

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October 30, Fineko/abc.az. Over Jan-Aug 2026, Azerbaijan imported 9,264.9 tons of ferrous metal rails from Kazakhstan for $10.02 million.

Compared with the 2025 same term, the physical volume of rail imports showed a sharp rise of 12.7-fold (1.173.3%), and the cost grew 11.7-fold (1,068.2%).

For comparison, in the first 8 months of 2025, 727.6 tons of rails were purchased from Kazakhstan for a total of $857,450.

Thus, over the year, imports increased by 8,537.2 tons and the cost by $9.16 million.

Despite growth of indicators, there was a drop in the average import price per ton of rails purchased from abroad.

While the average cost of a ton of rails for Jan-Aug 2025 was $1,178.4, for Jan-Aug 2026 it fell by 8.2% to $1,081.2.

It is noteworthy that when rail purchases increased many times, the total volume of Azerbaijani imports from Kazakhstan decreased by 74.6% to $122.47 million.

At that, rail products made up 8.2% of overall imports from Kazakhstan.