Azerbaijan's crude oil production slipped 1.4% in the first half of this year compared with the same period in 2012, the country's State Statistics Committee said Friday.

Azerbaijan produced 21.8 million metric tons of oil in the first six months of 2013, 300,000 tons less than last year, data showed.

In the same period, natural gas production rose 1.1% to 8.9 billion cubic meters.