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By Amina Nazarli

To promote the national brands in Dubai, Azerbaijan's export mission visited the United Arab Emirates recently.

The delegation included representatives of 20 companies engaged in manufacture of natural juices, mineral beverages, agricultural products, meat and meat products, honey, milk and dairy produce, Trend reported.

During the Dubai visit, the Azerbaijani businessmen visited gigantic markets of Dubai such as “Carrefour”, “Spinneys” and “Union Co-op”, where they discussed possibilities of the sale of Azerbaijani products in these markets as well as distribution issues.

The Economy Ministry reported that the delegation visited "Al Aweer" fruit and vegetable store of Dubai. The representative of the "Al Aweer" showed an interest in Azerbaijani pomegranate and apple products and ordered samples of these products for testing.

Moreover, the Azerbaijani businessmen visited logistic companies and discussed issues of exporting national agro products to the UAE.

During the visit organized by AZPROMO and "Dubai Exports", the national companies met with representatives of about 20 companies of the UAE.

In order to bring the economy to a new level Azerbaijan started promoting the ‘Made in Azerbaijan’ brand in foreign markets.

The presidential decree, dated October 5, approves the form of the report “On the work carried out to encourage the export of non-oil products of Azerbaijani origin” and helps promoting ‘Made in Azerbaijan’ brand in foreign markets.

In order to finance the support of these measures, some 3 million manats (about $1.7 million) were allocated from the Azerbaijani President’s Reserve Fund in the 2016 State Budget.

This is the second export mission organized by the Economy Ministry in order to promote 'Made in Azerbaijan' brand in foreign markets.

Today Azerbaijan outputs more than 250 kinds of home-made products in food, light, heavy and construction industries.

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