1. AZERBAIJAN AND EUROPEAN
UNION
Political Economy of European
Union
RASHIDLI MAMMAD

2. CONTENTS
 ABOUT AZERBAIJAN
 INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
 INTERESTS
 POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP
 ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP
 REFERENCES

3. ABOUT AZERBAIJAN
Capital: Baku
Area: 86,600 km²
Population: 9,165,000 (2011 estimate)
Currency: Manat

4. EUROPEAN
UNION AND
AZERBAIJAN

5. 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

6. 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

7. INTERESTS
Oil Partnership
 European Neighborhood Policy
Political Relationship
Energy Partnership
Transport

8. POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP

10. 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.

11. ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP

12. 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

13. Oil and gas pipelines from Azerbaijan

14. Imports and Exports of goods between EU
and Azerbaijan
16
14
BILLIONS OF EURO
12
10
8
14,8 Imports
6 Exports
9,7
4 7,4
2
2.3 2.9
1.6
0
2009 2010 2011
YEARS

15. Major Import Partners of EU Major Export Partners of EU
1. China 1. US
2. Russia 2. China
3. US 3. Switzerland
4. Norway 4. Russia
5. Switzerland 5. Turkey
25. Azerbaijan 54. Azerbaijan

16. European Union imports from Azerbaijan
Mineral fuels, lubricants and
0.2 related materials
Machinery and transport
0.1 equipment
0,2
Food and live animals
Chemicals and related
products
Manufactured goods
99.5 classified chiefly by material
Miscellaneous manufactured
articles
Crude
materials, inedible, except
fuels
Commodities and
transactions

17. European Union exports to Azerbaijan
Mineral fuels, lubricants and
related materials
Machinery and transport
2.5
equipment
20.1
Food and live animals
47.6
14 Chemicals and related
products
9.5 Manufactured goods
4 classified chiefly by material
Miscellaneous manufactured
articles
Crude
materials, inedible, except
fuels
Commodities and
transactions

18. 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_r
elations
• http://www.iep-
berlin.de/fileadmin/website/09_Publikationen/SPES_Policy_Papers/SPE
S_Policy_Paper_2011__The__EUs__policy__towards_Azerbaijan_BOETTGER
_FALKENHAIN.pdf

19. THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!
MAMMAD RASHIDLI
mrashidli@ibs-b.hu