Azerbaijan to present its products at 5 international exhibitions

Entrepreneurs will be able to take part in at least 5 international exhibitions in 2017 through the line of Azerbaijan’s Economy Ministry, the country’s Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev said. Mustafayev said that in 2017, Azerbaijani businessmen would be able to showcase their products at exhibitions in Dubai (UAE), Moscow (Russia), Habsburg (Switzerland) and Dusseldorf (Germany).…

Azerbaijan: number of business inspections cut

As many as 50 inspections of business activities were carried out in Azerbaijan in January-September, while the figure was 50,000 for the first nine months of last year, the country’s Economy Minister Shahin Mustafayev reported. “Recently, Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has taken very significant steps to promote entrepreneurship, support local production and promote non-oil exports”,…

Belarus: Keramin net profit down H1 2016

Belarus’ OAO Keramin (based in Minsk, sanitary stoneware manufacturer) earned a net profit of Br3.754 million ($1.95 million) in H1 2016, down by 46.4% YoY, according to the Q2 report of the Finance Ministry’s Department for bonds and securities. Keramin’s sales proceeds totaled 69.895 billion rubles ($36.307 million), down by 1% YoY. The statutory capital…

Belarus: EBRD implements 245 SME consultancy projects

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) says it has implemented 245 projects in Belarus providing consultancy services for small and medium-sized businesses. More than 200 local and 1,000 international experts were engaged in SME consultancy projects in Belarus, the EBRD said in a press-release. In the framework of its SME consultancy program in…