According to the official data for the first eight months of the current year, Azerbaijan's ferrous product exports decreased by 41.08 percent year on year to $84.443 million, as compared to $143.3 million in the January-August period of 2011.
Meanwhile, in the given period Azerbaijan registered an 8.45 percent increase year on year in its ferrous product imports to $811.734 million, as compared to $748.5 million in the first eight months of last year.