There are plans to allocate loans worth 10 million manats in 2019 to farmers in Azerbaijan via the State Service on Management of Agricultural Projects and Credits under Azerbaijan’s Agriculture Ministry, Mirza Aliyev, head of the service, told Trend Dec. 13.

The first Baku PR forum of specialists from Turkic-speaking countries will be held in Baku on January 26, 2019.

Beekeeping can surely be called one of the key areas of ​​agriculture in our country.

Precious metal prices increased in Azerbaijan on Dec. 13, according to the data published by the country’s Central Bank.

The Concept of Cooperation of the CIS Member States in Digital Development and the Plan of Priority Measures for its Implementation have been approved, Trend reports referring to the Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications (RCC).

Official exchange rate of the US dollar and euro against Azerbaijani manat was set at 1.7 and 1.9322 manats, respectively, for Dec. 13.

The next talks on Azerbaijan’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) will be held in Geneva next week.

The five hundred euro notes will continue to be used as legal currency in circulation, the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) told Trend Dec. 12.

Ambiens Sp. z o.o, Polish environmental consulting company, has registered an official representative office in Azerbaijan, Trend reports referring to the newspaper of the Ministry of Taxes of Azerbaijan.

Afghanistan is preparing to export the first shipment of products through the Lapis Lazuli route (Afghanistan-Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey).

In January-October, legal entities and individuals of Azerbaijan carried out trade operations with 178 countries, products were exported to 104 countries and imported from 171 countries.

Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway (BTK) is among the new train lines that could transform how people travel, Trend reports citing CNN.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) improved the forecast of Central Asian GDP for 2019 from 4.2 to 4.3 percent due to an increase in public investment and production at the Shah Deniz gas condensate field in Azerbaijan.

The Board of the Chamber of Accounts of Azerbaijan revealed a number of shortcomings while conducting the audit of the use of assets of the National Fund for Entrepreneurship Support in 2015-2017.

From Jan. 9, 2019, Azerbaijani mobile operator Azercell LLC will stop the "4GB = 9 manats" internet package for postpaid subscribers, Trend reports referring to the company.

Gold prices decreased in Azerbaijan on Dec. 12, while silver, platinum and palladium prices increased, Trend reports citing the data published by the country’s Central Bank.

The latest changes in the Azerbaijani Tax Code envisage the expansion of the list of fixed tax payers, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Taxes told Trend.

Turnover at the Baku Stock Exchange (BSE) exceeded 300 million manats last week (Dec. 3-7), Trend reports referring to the statistics published on the exchange’s website.

At last year’s Bakutel, Sazz announced the signing of a contract with the Israeli company Telrad Networks to build a TD-LTE network and its plan to switch from WiMAX technology to TD-LTE.

Turkey and Azerbaijan can help each other in exporting food products to other countries, Turkish Agriculture and Forestry Minister Bekir Pakdemirli said at the Azerbaijan-Turkey Business Forum in Baku Dec. 11, Trend reports.

Official exchange rate of the US dollar and euro against Azerbaijani manat was set at 1.7 and 1.9254 manats, respectively, for Dec. 12.

Azerbaijan has invested $14.3 billion in Turkey’s economy, of which $12.8 billion was invested in the oil sector, while $1.5 billion - in the non-oil sector, Trend reports citing acting president of the Azerbaijan Export and Investment Promotion Foundation (AZPROMO) Yusif Abdullayev as saying.

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Agriculture and Food Safety Agency will create a trilateral cooperation platform with the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Trend reports citing Chairman of the Food Safety Agency Goshgar Tahmazli as saying.

Agriculture plays an exceptional role in addressing socio-economic issues, especially in employment of people in the regions. It is difficult to develop agriculture independently, in the modern world it is almost impossible. In other words, agriculture is a sector that needs support in all areas.

Azerbaijan and India will sign an intergovernmental agreement on cooperation and mutual assistance in the field of customs, said Lieutenant-General of the Customs Service Safar Mehdiyev, the State Committee reported.