The “Joint Future” campaign of Azer Turk Bank goes on. Many students studying abroad benefit from this campaign. The “Joint Future” campaign started on July 4. The purpose of the Bank, holding social responsibility activities as one of its priorities, is to support youth studying in foreign universities, and by this to take even the…
Total cereal production is anticipated to reach a new record in 2016. Most of the increase is due to a well above-average wheat crop production, which is estimated to rise by 40% from the 2015 level. Wheat production is set at 200 thousand tons in 2016, following increased planting area and very good yields. Similarly,…
In January-October the import volumes of wheat to Azerbaijan totaled 1.268 million tons, up by 9% YoY, the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan reported. According to the statistics figures, the general cost of imported wheat to the country totaled nearly $234.4 million (down by 9.3%). In the reporting period Azerbaijan imported 110.4…
The Azerbaijani parliament adopted a set of amendments to the country’s tax legislation, which will come into effect on January 1, 2017. The amendments include the taxation of operations with offshore companies, limiting cash payments made by big entrepreneurs, operating in trade and public catering, to 30,000 manats per month, the taxation of legal entities…
Azerbaijan’s economic model covering the last 10 years has proved to be valuable, Shahmar Movsumov, executive director of the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ), reported. “Over the last decade, this economic model has turned Azerbaijan into a completely new country and helped create modern infrastructure. However, in the new economic environment this model ceased…
Azerbaijan has limited cash transactions by large entrepreneurs operating in trade and public catering to 30,000 manats per month, starting from 2017, according to the amendments to the Tax Code approved at a plenary session of the Parliament. In accordance with the amendments, the limit affects the entrepreneurs operating in trade and public catering with…
Some 183 countries became Azerbaijan’s foreign trade partners in January-November compared to 162 countries in the same period of 2015, the country’s State Customs Committee said in a report. According to the report, 13,244 legal entities and individuals (of them 5,226 legal entities and 8,018 individuals) were involved in the country’s foreign economic activities. Azerbaijan’s…