This year, wheat production in Azerbaijan amounted to 1 million 885.4 thousand tons, 3.6% more than 2020, reports Turan with reference to the State Committee on Statistics of Azerbaijan. In 2019-2020, the level of self-sufficiency of Azerbaijan wheat did not rise above 57%.
In 2021, wheat is collected from 572.3 thousand hectares. The average yield was 32.9C / ha.
In 2019, the volume of wheat production in Azerbaijan exceeded 2.1 million tons. Nevertheless, the level of self-sufficiency of the country wheat fluctuated in the range of 57%. In the previous 2018, at the volume of production of 1 million 991 thousand tons, import dependence was only 35%, the State Statistics Committee reports.
In 2020, the import of wheat (1 million 365.1 thousand tons) decreased by 13.9%. For the year of food production, 2 million 534 thousand tone of wheat is used, 3% more than in the previous year. The volume of wheat consumption in animals, including poultry farms for the year exceeded 0.5 million tons (-8.2%), is given in the food balance for 2020.
An impressive bread loss volumes are. Wheat loss in 2020 (184.2 thousand tons) by 50 thousand tons exceeds the volume used as seeds.