OREANDA-NEWS. May 07, 2010. Simultaneously the Department of Marketing & Economic Operations of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) registered rise of prices for all petroleum products (except motor petrol) exported for the past month.

SOCAR informs that oil products were observed rise ranged from USD 28.86 up to USD 54.64 per ton this April. Maximum rise of prices in 2009 was registered in June (from USD 49.35 up to USD 103.44).

“This April, price for ton of motor petrol made up USD 778.09, aviation fuel - USD 741.55, diesel fuel USD 702.72 and black oil USD 492.18 per ton,” SOCAR said.

At the same time, price for petrol dropped by USD 18.45, while prices for aviation fuel rose by USD 54.64, diesel fuel by USD 48.6, and black oil by USD 28.86.

The 2009 record growth was observed in June – 86.64, USD 103.44, USD 94.39 and USD 49.35 per ton respectively. The highest prices for oil products in 2008 were observed in June - USD 1132.02, USD 1287.27, USD 1201.55 and USD 673.81 per ton.

According to SOCAR, this April’s overall export of Azerbaijani oil products declined to 159,761 tons and for Jan-Apr 2010 reached 669,066 tons.

This March the country exported black oil (235 tons) first time this year.

In 2009 maximum export was registered in February (206,468 tons) and in 2008 in October (343,742 tons).

For the past year overall export of petroleum products made up 1.968 million tons versus 2.58 million tons over 2008.

In 2010 this export still makes up 25.87% of the 2009 volume.