During the first three months of 2018 Heydar Aliyev International Airport served over 897,000 passengers. This indicator exceeds the same indicator of the previous year by 15%. National air carrier Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) carried 362,000 passengers, while the national low-cost airline Buta Airways – 104,000 passengers. 768,000 passengers (85.6% of passenger traffic) accounted for international…
An auction for placement of short-term notes worth 200 million manats of Azerbaijan’s Central Bank (CBA) will be held at the Baku Stock Exchange (BSE) on April 12, the BSE said. According to the message, two million notes at a par value of 100 manats each and maturity period of 28 days will be put…
Azerbaijan intends to significantly increase hazelnut production in 2018, according to the Azerbaijan Hazelnut Exporters Consortium. Its representative noted that the Consortium planned to increase production by almost 48%. “We plan to produce 60,000-65,000 tons of hazelnut in 2018, which is much more than last year. As for exports, this depends not only on increasing…
As of April 4, Azerbaijan Deposit Insurance Fund (ADIF) paid compensations worth 45.5 million manats to the depositors of Azerbaijan’s DemirBank OJSC, the license of which was revoked in December 2017, the ADIF said in a message on April 4. The volume of compensated deposits in DemirBank totals 63.5 million manats, while the volume of…
The Ganja Automobile Plant has produced 10,000th Belarus tractor, the plant reported. Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Semashko, Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Yaqub Eyyubov, Ambassador of Belarus to Azerbaijan Gennady Akhramovich, Director General of the Minsk Tractor Plant Fyodor Domotenko, Director General of the Minsk Automobile Plant Dmitry Katerinich, Head of the Ganja Executive Power…
Iran has concluded an agreement with Azerbaijan for the purchase of 150 megawatt of power, a senior official said. Iran’s Energy Minister Reza Ardakania said that the agreement on his country’s power purchase from Azerbaijan was made during the recent visit of President Hassan Rouhani to Baku. The minister added that the two countries currently…
Veyseloglu company intends to expand the promotion of the “Made in Azerbaijan” brand, the company’s General Director for Business Development Ilgar Nuri said at a press conference in Baku on March 29. Presently, about 20% of products of the Ulduz chocolate factory, belonging to the company, is being exported, he said. Today, the company is…