Azerbaijan | Imports and Exports | World | Worked monumental or building stone (except slate) and articles thereof | Value (US$) and Value Growth, YoY (%) | 2009 - 2020
The value of imports of commodity group 6802 "Worked monumental or building stone (except slate) and articles thereof, other than goods of heading 68.01; mosaic cubes and the like, of natural stone (including slate), whether or not on a backing; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder, of natural stone (including slate)." to Azerbaijan totalled $ 21 million in 2020. Sales of commodity group 6802 to Azerbaijan decreased by 2.32% in value terms compared to 2019. imports of commodity group 6802 "Worked monumental or building stone (except slate) and articles thereof, other than goods of heading 68.01; mosaic cubes and the like, of natural stone (including slate), whether or not on a backing; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder, of natural stone (including slate)." decreased by $ 520 thousand (the value of imports of commodity group 6802 to Azerbaijan was equal to $22 million in 2019).
The value of exports of commodity group 6802 "Worked monumental or building stone (except slate) and articles thereof, other than goods of heading 68.01; mosaic cubes and the like, of natural stone (including slate), whether or not on a backing; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder, of natural stone (including slate)." from Azerbaijan totalled $ 654 thousand in 2020. Sales of commodity group 6802 from Azerbaijan went up by 109% compared to 2019: exports of commodity group 6802 "Worked monumental or building stone (except slate) and articles thereof, other than goods of heading 68.01; mosaic cubes and the like, of natural stone (including slate), whether or not on a backing; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder, of natural stone (including slate)." went up by $ 342 thousand (cumulative exports of commodity group 6802 from Azerbaijan amounted $312 thousand in 2019).
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South Caucasus Decorative Stones
In the Nakhichevan Autonomous Region there are three major sources of cream colour travertines (Shakhtakhtinsk, Buzgov and Karabaglyar) and also the Uliya-Norashensk deposit of black hard limestones. The Julfinsk decorative conglomerates are also worthy of mention. There are considerable reserves at the Gyulablinskoye (Kilably) deposit of pinkish-cream hard limestones. The Gorovskoye source of pink limestone was popular in the past but its known reserves are exhausted. North-west of these sources are the Dashkesan greyish-white hard limestones and the only known marble source in the country – Amirvar. Building limestones are quarried from very substantial sources in the south-west and also in the east of Azerbaijan, on the Apsheron peninsula and in the adjoining regions. The detritus limestones of Gyulbakhtsk have an attractive yellowish hue – some are used as decorative stone cladding.
There are not many sources of igneous stones in Azerbaijan. They are confined mainly to individual intrusive bodies of the Minor Caucasus. They have been little investigated for block stone. Grey Miocene teshenites are to be found in the Nakhichevan AR. In the north-west of the country there is the Musakeiskoye deposit of black porphyrites. In the south-west prospecting is under way at the Gadrudskoye source of greenish-grey gabbro-diorites. The Edishskoye deposit of grey-black gabbro-diabase is located in the south of the country, near the border with Iran. A small deposit of light-yellow tuff called Gajialylarsk is to be found in the north-west of Azerbaijan. The reference (1) gives descriptions with colour plates of 11 decorative stones found in the country. The website www.bakutoday.net in English is a useful source of local information.
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