Azerbaijan's economy increases by 5.6%

Azerbaijan's economy increased by 5.6% more than in the same period of 2014,  the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee said.

A total volume of Azerbaijan’s GDP amounted to 32.1 billion manat in the first half of 2015.

The non-oil sector's share in the country’s GDP hit 68%. The volume of value added production in the oil and gas extraction and processing hit 32% of GDP.

54.6% was formed in the field of production and construction. The taxes on products and imports amounted to 8.1% of Azerbaijan’s GDP, Trend reports.