The goal of the Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association of Turkey (MUSIAD) is to bring the trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Turkey to $15 billion in a short time, Chairman of the Board of the MUSIAD Mahmut Asmaly told Trend.

Azerbaijan’s Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Development Agency (SMBDA) handed ‘Startap’ (startup) certificates to 5 more SMEs, Trend reports citing the Agency.

Azerbaijan and Turkey have discussed cooperation in the restoration of the country’s liberated territories.

Azerbaijan's State Oil Company and TOTAL Energies have discussed the issues of closer cooperation in the oil and gas sector.

Work on the preparation of relevant proposals by the Ministry of Finance of Azerbaijan to reflect the tasks arising from the order of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev "On additional measures in the field of protecting the social welfare of the population" of October 16, 2021 in the state budget of 2022 has begun, the Ministry of Finance said, Trend reports.

Reasons for increase in gas prices in Azerbaijan lie in the rise in prices in the international market, Director General of Azerigaz Production Association Ruslan Aliyev told Trend.

World gas prices have grown by 20-30 times compared to last year, Ibrahim Ahmadov, deputy head of the department for organizing events and public relations of the Azerbaijani state oil company (SOCAR), told Trend on Oct.16, commenting the recent decision of Azerbaijani Tariff Council to raise the domestic gas tariffs.

The total volume of funds allocated to fixed capital from all financial sources for the development of the socio-economic sphere of Azerbaijan in the first nine months of 2021 slightly decreased, Trend reports referring to the State Statistical Committee.

The State Employment Agency of Azerbaijan will launch a project on financial and material-technical support of entrepreneurs, the head of the department for the social partnership of the State Employment Agency of Azerbaijan Fatima Alekperova said at a conference entitled "The Role of Women in Azerbaijan's Agriculture", Trend reports.

The Agrarian Credit and Development Agency (AKIA) has issued subsidies in the amount of nearly 219 million manat ($128.8 million) from January through September 2021, Deputy Chairman of the Agency's Board Leyla Mammadova said on Oct.15 at a conference on "The Role of Women in Azerbaijan's Agriculture", Trend reports.

Azerbaijan’s Digital Development and Transport Minister Rahman Hummatov has said that the Zangazur corridor will expand transport integration in the South Caucasus.

The first container block train has been sent to Karabakh, Trend reports with reference to ADY Container LLC (subsidiary of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC).

The volume of Azerbaijan’s foreign trade turnover amounted to $20.1 billion during January-August 2021, the State Statistics Committee has reported.

Azerbaijan increased the volume of production in the non-oil and gas sector by 19.6 percent in January-September 2021, the State Statistics Committee has reported.

The volume of investments in Azerbaijan’s oil and gas sector decreased by 9.7 percent in January-September 2021, the State Statistics Committee has reported.

The Algerian company Sonatrach is interested in developing cooperation with Azerbaijan’s State Oil Company (SOCAR).

The Agrarian Credit and Development Agency provided about 450 women entrepreneurs with preferential loans in 2020, Deputy Chairman of the Agency's Board Leyla Mammadova said at a conference on "The Role of Women in Azerbaijan's Agriculture", Trend reports.

ATMs belonging to a number of banks in Azerbaijan have suspended the acceptance of banknotes in US dollars due to the presence of counterfeit banknotes in circulation, Trend reports on Oct. 14 referring to some media publications.

As it was announced earlier, an exclusive telecom partner of Apple Inc. in Azerbaijan “Azercell Telecom” starting right from October, 15 makes it possible to order a brand new iPhone devices.

The Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) held a new foreign currency auction with the participation of the State Oil Fund (SOFAZ) on October 14, Trend reports via the CBA.

Russia allowed the supply of apples from 70 Azerbaijani enterprises, which plan to export 153,397 tons of their products by the end of 2021, Chairman of the Food Safety Agency of Azerbaijan Goshgar Tahmazli said at a press conference dedicated to the agency's activities over the past nine months, Trend reports.

The final round of the “AZERCELL CUP” competition in programming among schoolchildren in 6-8 grades announced by the Department of Talented Children of the Institute of Education and “Azercell Telecom” LLC, a proud partner of the National Olympic Team in Informatics, was held in ADA University.

In Azerbaijan cloud service has taken an incredible leap, Salami Mammadov, technical director of ONYX, told Trend.

Businessmen of Russia’s Udmurtia Republic are planning to visit Azerbaijan in early 2022 with a business mission, Ruslan Mirsayapov, Trade Representative of Russia in Azerbaijan, told Trend.

Azerbaijan and China have discussed the prospects of cooperation in the field of food security, animal and plant health.