Official exchange rate of Azerbaijan’s national currency, the manat, against the US dollar was set at 1.7008 AZN/USD for Sept. 25, the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) said Sept. 22.

The Chamber of Auditors of Azerbaijan will cooperate with auditors of Russia and Estonia.

A logistics center for the Association of Persimmon Producers and Exporters is planned to be constructed till the end of October.

Azerbaijan’s “Savalan” wine has been awarded a bronze medal at Korea Wine Challenge.

The Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) will switch to an inflation targeting regime in medium term, Alim Guliyev, deputy chairman of the CBA, told Trend Sept. 22.

The National Fund for Entrepreneurship Support (NFES) has granted concessional loans worth 628 million manats ($369.4 million) to more than 23,700 entrepreneurs engaged in the livestock sector since early 2017.

The extension of the contract on the development of Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli oil fields in the Azerbaijani sector of the Caspian Sea will make good contribution to the future development of relations between Japan and Azerbaijan.

Draft state budget and draft consolidated budget for 2018, as well as consolidated budget indicators for the next three years were today discussed by Azerbaijan’s Cabinet of Ministers under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Artur Rasizade.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) plans to launch a project to improve investment climate and increase competitiveness of Azerbaijan’s national economy in autumn, Aliya Azimova, head of the IFC Baku office, told Trend.

The Czech Republic intends to further expand cooperation with Azerbaijan in the energy sector.

Official exchange rate of Azerbaijan’s national currency, the manat, against the US dollar was set at 1.7008 AZN/USD for Sept. 22, the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) said Sept. 21.

An Iranian parliamentary research center has forecasted that the economic growth of the country’s in the currency fiscal year (starting March 20) would stand at about 3.7 percent.

A scientific and practical conference on "Azerbaijan-China Economic Relations" was held in the main building of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) on September 21.

Cotton-growing has ancient traditions in Azerbaijan and Azerbaijani people have been engaged in cotton growing for centuries.

A multi-million dollar project Rasht-Astara railway route, a part of the International North-South Transportation Corridor, is expected to be launched this year.

Several staff changes were made in the Azerbaijani Ministry of Taxes.

Azerbaijan plans to appoint its next trade representative to Hungary, a landlocked country in central Europe.

The official exchange rate of US dollar and euro to Azerbaijani manat for Sept. 21 was set at 1.7007 manats and 2.0209 manats, respectively.

The project on "Enhancing the competitiveness of the non-oil industry in Azerbaijan" has been launched with financing of the European Union (EU) and support of the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Official exchange rate of Azerbaijan’s national currency, the manat, against the US dollar was set at 1.7007 AZN/USD for Sept. 21, the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) said Sept. 20.

Gabala hosted the 16th meeting of the Committee of the Heads of the Law Enforcement Departments of the CIS Council of Customs Services Heads on September 20.

Five more financial institutions operating in Azerbaijan have signed agreement with the newly-established Institution of Banking Ombudsman.

The trade turnover in agriculture between Azerbaijan and China, which is the priority market for the country, amounted to $10 million in 2016.

Bonds of the Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR, which are in high demand in the country's stock market, can be sold on the stock exchange for $1007 and bought for $1010, the investment company PSG Capital reported.

The government of Azerbaijan has based its projections for the 2018 state budget on an oil price of $45 per barrel, a source in the government told Trend.