Azerbaijan resumes oil exports to India after 10-month hiatus

Azerbaijan has resumed crude oil exports to India following a 10-month pause, according to the country’s State Customs Committee. 

In August 2025, Azerbaijan exported 1,747.07 tons of crude oil to India, valued at $781,520. This represents a dramatic decline of 589 times in volume and 827 times in value compared with the same month last year. Oil shipments to India now account for just 0.01% of Azerbaijan’s total crude exports, Caliber.Az reports via local media. 

Customs data show that in the first eight months of 2025, Azerbaijan exported over 15.924 million tons of crude oil and related products from bituminous rocks, valued at just above $8.396 billion. Overall, the country conducted foreign trade worth $32.118 billion during this period, with exports totaling $17.065 billion and imports $15.053 billion.

India had suspended oil imports from Azerbaijan in October 2024. In 2024, Azerbaijan supplied India with 1.168 million tons of crude oil, valued at $729.797 million.

By Sabina Mammadli