In the January-February period of the current year, Azerbaijan registered a 47 percent year-on-year rise in its metallurgical production, according to the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan.
In the given period, Azerbaijan produced 48,000 mt of rebar, up 49.7 percent compared to the same period last year, while the country saw a 54.3 percent decline in its steel pipe production and a 83.7 percent drop in its pig iron output, year on year.