1,6% of Gross Domestic Product produced in information and communication sphere

The size of  the Gross Domestic Product (GPD), produced in Azerbaijan in January – February of 2012 exceeds the size of  GPD produced in the same period of the previous year by 8.0 billion manat or 0.5%.

 According to information provided by the State Statistics Committee, the size of the value added, produced in non-oil sector, grew up by 7,1% compared with the same period of the previous year and amounted to 3.4 billion manat, which makes 42.6% of GPD.

At the same time, the value added, produced in the oil and gas production and processing sphere, has reduced by 4.5%.  60.5% of the GPD was produced in the industrial sector, 2.5%  - in the agriculture, forestry and fishery sector, 5.0% in the construction sector, 6.9% in the trade and automobile repair sector, 5.0% in the transport and warehousing sector, 1.3% in tourist accommodation and catering services sector, 1.6 in the information and communication services sector and 11.3%  in the social and other services sector. 

The value added, produced in this period has grown by 17.7% in the tourist accommodation and catering services sector, by 14,1% in the information and communication services sector,  by 9.0% in the trade and automobile repair sector, by 2.8% in the agriculture, forestry and fishery sector and by 1,6% in the transport and warehousing sector.  

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