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May 17, Fineko/abc.az. Extraction of commercial natural gas has increased in Azerbaijan.

ABC.AZ was informed at the State Statistics Committee that for Jan-Apr, along with this, a decrease was recorded in some sectors.

For this period, 62.9% of industrial output was produced in the mining sector, 5.8% in the generation, distribution and supply of electricity, gas and steam, and 0.8% in the water supply, waste treatment and recycling sector.

In the generation, distribution and supply of electricity, gas and steam, output decreased by 0.7%, while in the water supply, waste treatment and recycling sector, it increased by 2.2%.