azerbaijan and european union
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AZERBAIJAN AND EUROPEAN
UNION
Political Economy of European Union
RASHIDLI MAMMAD
CONTENTS
ABOUT AZERBAIJAN
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
INTERESTS
POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP
ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP
REFERENCES
ABOUT AZERBAIJAN
Capital: Baku
Area: 86,600 km²
Population: 9,165,000 (2011 estimate)
Currency: Manat
EUROPEAN UNION AND AZERBAIJAN
Current GDP: 49,2 Billions of Euros - 2011
GDP per capita: 5 394,9 Euros - 2011
Exports-to-GDP ratio: 39,0 % (2010)
Imports-to-GDP ratio: 12,2 % (2010)
Trade-to-GDP ratio: 51,1 % (2010)
MANAT LOGO
INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
Gained independence from USSR in 1991
Joined United Nations in 1992
Formal relations with the EU began in 1996
43rd state to join the Council of Europe on January 25, 2001
INTERESTS
Oil Partnership
European Neighborhood Policy
Political Relationship
Energy Partnership
Transport
POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP
Three main issues that EU considers most
important in relationship with Azerbaijan:
Broaden and deepen the relationship with Azerbaijan in the
existing political frameworks
Cooperation in the energy sector receives prominent
mention
Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity.
ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP
In 2011 trade with the EU represented 42.5% for
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan's share in total EU trade is 0.5%.
Important role both in supplying energy to the EU and
as a transit route
Major supplier of oil and gas to the EU
Oil and gas pipelines from Azerbaijan
7,49,7
14,8
1.6 2.3 2.9
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
2009 2010 2011
BIL
LIO
NS
OF
EU
RO
YEARS
Imports and Exports of goods between EU and Azerbaijan
Imports
Exports
Major Import Partners of EU
1. China
2. Russia
3. US
4. Norway
5. Switzerland
25. Azerbaijan
Major Export Partners of EU
1. US
2. China
3. Switzerland
4. Russia
5. Turkey
54. Azerbaijan
99.5
0.2
0,2 0.1
European Union imports from AzerbaijanMineral fuels, lubricants and related materials
Machinery and transport equipment
Food and live animals
Chemicals and related products
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material
Miscellaneous manufactured articles
Crude materials, inedible, except fuelsCommodities and transactions
47.6
49.5
14
20.12.5
European Union exports to AzerbaijanMineral fuels, lubricants and related materials
Machinery and transport equipment
Food and live animals
Chemicals and related products
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material
Miscellaneous manufactured articles
Crude materials, inedible, except fuelsCommodities and transactions
REFERENCES• http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2006/september/tradoc_11334
7.pdf
• http://ec.europa.eu/trade/creating-opportunities/bilateral-relations/regions/south-caucasus/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan%E2%80%93European_Union_relations
• http://www.iep-berlin.de/fileadmin/website/09_Publikationen/SPES_Policy_Papers/SPES_Policy_Paper_2011__The__EUs__policy__towards_Azerbaijan_BOETTGER_FALKENHAIN.pdf
