On October 22, Ukraine imported record-breaking 42.016 million cubic meters of natural gas from Slovakia, according to the data from public joint-stock company Ukrtransgaz. The previous highest figure for imports from Slovakia in the 26-month history of gas imports from this country was recorded in October: 41.859 million cubic meters on October 21, and 41.627…
Azersun Holding and other big Azerbaijani companies will participate in the first International Fruit and Vegetable Fair in Tashkent, to be held on November 8-10, Jahangir Aminov, adviser to the Uzbek ambassador to Azerbaijan, said. He added that the contracts for the supply of fruit and vegetables from Uzbekistan to Azerbaijan were planned to be…
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has signed a decree on application of the “Law on Amending Tax Code of Azerbaijan” adopted by the country’s parliament on September 30. The amendments stipulate removing the value added tax (VAT) for the goods transshipment services directly related to transit cargo transportation. The VAT rate in Azerbaijan is 18%. Currently,…
Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping CJSC has launched Shahdag ferry for traffic on the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route, the CJSC said in a message. The message says that the ferry has been launched after a major overhaul. Main and auxiliary engines, various systems, steering wheel and other mechanisms, as well as premises and accommodation were modernized during…
A major project is being implemented in order to improve reliability of power supply of Ashgabat city. Dozens of modern transformer substations have been built within this project, including 5 substations with voltage of 220 kV, 22 substations with voltage of 110 kV and 29 substations with voltage of 35 kV. As many as 140…
As many as 78 state enterprises and facilities will be put up for privatization of the State Property Issues Committee of Azerbaijan on November 22, the message of the committee said. The enterprises operate in the fields of cotton growing, agricultural chemistry, transport, construction and others. These enterprises are located both in Baku and in…
Belarusian producers of poultry meat have plans to obtain certificates to sell products to the European Union, Alexei Bogdanov, the head of the main division for foreign economic affairs at the Agriculture and Food Ministry of Belarus, reported. “Work is underway to get products of Belarusian poultry farms certified for export to the European Union.…