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Azerbaijan boosts non-oil exports in Jan-Nov

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5 months ago

December 30, 2021

By Ayya Lmahamad

Azerbaijan increased the volume of its non-oil exports by $720.8 million or 44 percent in January-November 2021, the Center for Economic Reforms Analysis and Communication of Azerbaijan reported in its December export review.

In the first 11 months of the year, the volume of Azerbaijan’s exports amounted to $19.8 billion, including $2.4 billion in the non-oil sector.

In the list of non-oil exports, cotton yarn ranked first with $187.7 million, followed by gold with $184.7 million and tomatoes with $140.6 million.

In the reported period, the non-oil goods worth $763.8 million were exported to Russia, $581.6 million to Turkey, $204.5 million to Switzerland, $143.4 million to Georgia, and $70.9 million to Brasil.

In November 2021, Azerbaijan's total exports amounted to $2.9 billion. The non-oil exports increased by 58.7 percent to $307.2 million during the reported month. The food exports increased by 1.6 percent and amounted to $98.9 million, while the non-food exports increased by 2.2 times to $208.3 million.

The top three countries in terms of the non-oil products export in November were Russia with $98.4 million, Turkey with $77.7 million, and Brasil with $23.1 million. On the list of non-oil exports in November 2021, persimmons come first ($37 million), followed by cotton seeds ($27 million) and carbamide ($23.6 million).

The export review also provided information about export orders received by Azexport.az portal. Thus, the portal received orders in the amount of $36.6 million in November 2021. In addition, in January-November 2021, Azexport.az received export orders for $435.3 million. It should be noted that from January 2017 to November 30, 2021, the portal received export orders worth $2.6 billion from 145 countries.

Additionally, the value of the non-oil exports through the Single Window Export Support Centre in December this year amounted to $20.4 million. In addition, the value of goods and products exported through the Single Window Export Support Center in 2021 amounted to $235.1 million.

From 2017 to January 2022, the value of goods and products exported through the Single Window Export Support Centre was $708.4 million.

The export review aims to familiarize entrepreneurs with export issues, expand opportunities for exporting local goods to traditional and new markets and accelerate the process of integration into international markets.

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Ayya Lmahamad is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow her on Twitter: @AyyaLmahamad

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Some 24,674 unemployed get jobs in 2022

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9 mins ago

May 16, 2022

AzeriTimes.com

The State Employment Agency under the Labor and Social Security Ministry has provided jobs for around 24,674 unemployed and job seekers in January-April 2022, Azernews reports.

Of those involved in the active employment program, 13,736 were provided with suitable jobs, while about 4,325 people were involved in the self-employment program to start small businesses. The ministry is helping them to establish small businesses in accordance with their business plans.

The agency also involved 1,023 unemployed people in vocational training in the first four months of the year. Within the framework of cooperation with employers, these people were provided with advanced training courses in various areas and work was started to provide them with employment.

The ministry takes consistent measures to provide social support to vulnerable groups of the population, including martyrs’ families, war veterans and civilians affected by the war.

Social support measures taken by Azerbaijan’s Labor and Social Security Ministry covered more than 30,000 citizens, including members of martyrs’ families, war veterans and civilians affected by the Armenian aggression since the end of the 44-day war with Armenia in November 2020.

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President of Kazakhstan to attend CSTO jubilee session

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31 mins ago

May 16, 2022

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By Trend

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev arrived in Moscow Sunday evening to attend a CSTO jubilee session, Kazinform has learned from the Akorda press service, Trend reports.

The session dated to 30 years of signing of the Collective Security Treaty and 20 years since the establishment of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is set to take place on 16 May in Moscow.

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Turkish FM meets with Finnish, Swedish counterparts

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3 hours ago

May 16, 2022

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By Trend

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavushoglu on May 14 held a tripartite meeting with his Swedish counterpart, Ann Linde, and his Finnish counterpart, Pekka Haavisto, in Berlin amid discussions that Turkey could block their NATO membership bid, Trend reports citing Hurriyet Daily News.

“I met with my Swedish and Finnish counterparts in Berlin on the fringes of the NATO Foreign Ministers Informal Meeting,” Cavushoglu said on Twitter.

Ahead of the meeting, the minister reiterated that the countries wanting to be NATO members must avoid supporting PKK and YPG and said he would discuss this issue with his Finnish and Swedish counterparts.

Cavushoglu emphasized that Sweden and Finland clearly support the PKK/YPG, saying, “This affects the feelings of our people negatively, despite all our warnings.”

“Therefore, a country that will be an ally should not support the PKK/YPG, the terrorist organization that attacks us every day, kills our soldiers, our police and our civilians,” he added.

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