Azerbaijan produced 32,800 metric tons of industrial and automotive lubricants in 2025, according to the country’s State Statistics Committee. The country’s lubricant industry is undergoing efforts to modernize production standards and expand domestic manufacturing capacity.
The country consumes around 70,000 metric tons of finished lubricants annually, according to local producer Technol, indicating continued reliance on imports to satisfy domestic demand for automotive and industrial lubricants.
Azeri lubricant production volumes fluctuated throughout the year. Output totaled 4,300 tons in the first two months of 2025, up 41.7% year on year, before more than doubling at the end of the first quarter to 9,200 tons and 12,800 tons by April. By November, cumulative lubricant production reached 32,800 tons.
Production has continued to edge upward in 2026. Azerbaijan manufactured 12,800 tons of lubricating oils in January-April this year, up 400 tons, or 3.2%, from the same period in 2025, according to official statistics cited by Trend news agency.
Technol and Aminol remain Azerbaijan’s only domestic lubricant manufacturers, both operating blending plants in the industrial city of Sumgait. Technol has blending capacity of 50,000 tons per year, while Aminol previously reported production of around 30,000 tons. Market participants say imported Turkish, Russian and European brands continue to dominate parts of the passenger car motor oil segment.
State-owned oil company Socar owns a 150,000 t/y API Group I base oil plant near Baku, although market sources say the facility has remained largely dormant in recent years. Azerbaijan continues to depend heavily on imported base oils and additive packages for higher-specification lubricant production.
In 2025, the Azerbaijan Standardization Institute, known as Azstand, introduced several new state standards aimed at supporting domestic lubricant manufacturing and harmonizing production with international technical requirements. The measures included new standards for synthetic oils, transmission oils, greases and lubricant packaging and safety compliance.
“The purpose of implementing these standards is to expand the production of lubricating oils and establish their safety requirements based on unified norms and rules,” the institute said in a statement announcing the adoption of the regulations.
The standards were developed by the technical committee overseeing additives, lubricating oils, greases and specialty fluids and were aligned with international norms as part of Azerbaijan’s broader industrial modernization strategy.
Industry participants say Azerbaijan’s lubricant market remains relatively small compared with neighboring Russia and Turkey, but the country’s location along regional transport corridors and its refining infrastructure continue to support ambitions for export-oriented lubricant blending.
The market also faces increasing competition from imported products and shifting regional trade patterns following sanctions-related disruptions in Russia and the Black Sea region.