Accra:In the first nine months of this year, the petroleum products manufacturing sector in Azerbaijan recorded a total production value of 4,612 million manats. This marks a 4.3% decline when compared to the same period in the previous year.

According to Azeri-Press news agency, significant changes were observed in the production of various petroleum products during this period. Fuel oil production notably increased by 78.8%, and lubricating oil production saw a rise of 24.2%.

Conversely, there were declines in other areas. Kerosene production decreased by 19.2%, petroleum bitumen by 33.8%, diesel fuel by 3.4%, and motor gasoline by 1%.