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By Rashid Shirinov

Azexport portal accepted orders for the supply of Azerbaijani non-oil products worth $37.6 million in February 2018, states the Export Review published by the country’s Center for Analysis of Economic Reforms and Communication.

In general, since the launch of the portal in January 2017 and until February 28, 2018, the portal has accepted orders worth $594.1 million from 81 countries.

Russia has been leading on the total volume of applications for the first two months of 2018 – the orders account for 17.8 percent of all applications. The Top 5 also include the U.S. (7.9 percent), Turkey (5.9 percent), Ukraine and Iran (5 percent each).

Analysis of applications shows that the greatest number of orders in February were received for wine, peeled hazelnuts, tea, persimmons, apples, pomegranate juice, strawberries, silk carpets, licorice root and saffron.

Azexport portal (www.azexport.az) was created in accordance with the presidential order “On creation of a unified database of goods produced in Azerbaijan” dated September 21, 2016.

The main objective of azexport.az is to ensure the promotion and sale of goods and services on domestic and international markets by providing information about them. The portal allows users to register, create a profile, post information, as well as photos, video, text and other information about the offered services and products.

Being integrated with the most popular electronic trading platforms, Azexport makes the products available to potential buyers from anywhere in the world.

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Rashid Shirinov is AzerNews’ staff journalist, follow him on Twitter: @RashidShirinov

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