For the first time, Azerbaijan’s Aghjabadi district has launched the production of Adasa 16 hybrid corn seeds. Parental lines of maize were planted on a plot of three hectares (maternal line ADK 455 and paternal line Cukurova 96/25) in order to obtain the Adasa 16 hybrid. The oil content of this hybrid is 4.59%, while…
Azerbaijan Railways CJSC is ready to launch passenger transportation via the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) route, said Javid Gurbanov, chairman of the Azerbaijan Railways. He said that the new trains were already in Baku. “However, not everything depends on us,” he noted. “It is necessary that both the Georgian and Turkish sides be ready.” He added that…
Azerbaijan exported 1.2 billion kilowatt-hour of electricity in January-June in comparison with 1.1 billion kilowatt-hour in the same period of 2018, the State Customs Committee reported. The cost of electricity exported during the mentioned period amounted to $51.9 million compared to $54.6 million. The main producer of electricity in Azerbaijan is Azerenergy. The capacity of…
The World Bank’s “Azerbaijan Employment Support Project” will help expand the self-employment program, according to the statement made in the Azerbaijani Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population during a meeting with the preliminary assessment mission on the WB’s “Azerbaijan Employment Support Project”. Attracting the unemployed to self-employment will provide them with access to…
In June the trade turnover between Turkey and Azerbaijan increased by $644.300 million YoY and amounted to $789.259 million, a source in the Ministry of Commerce of Turkey reported. “In June Turkey’s exports to Azerbaijan amounted to $598.551 million, and imports from Azerbaijan – to $190.708 million,” the ministry said. The ministry noted that the…
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov has met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Azerbaijan Valdas Lastauskas upon the termination of his diplomatic tenure. During the meeting, the parties exchanged views on the current state of bilateral relations, as well as the current level of and perspectives of…
In the first 5 months of 2019 Azerbaijan imported 551.1 thousand tons of wheat, up by 14.6% YoY, reported the State Customs Committee. Imports in monetary terms increased even more significantly – by 47.9%, to $124.5 million. Moreover, in January-May the imports of sugar increased to 136.1 thousand tons (up 6.2-fold) at $51.158 million (up…