Residents of the Sumgait Chemical-Industrial Park, which is under the jurisdiction of the Economic Zone Development Agency, are expanding the geography of exports, the Economy Ministry has reported.

A subsidiary company of the Sumgayit Chemical Industrial Park (SCIP), the Universal Packing Industry CJSC, is to commission its packing products plant by late 2021, the Economy Ministry reported on September 1.

Ninety percent of employees of Azerbaijan’s Sumgait Chemical Industrial Park are residents of Sumgait city, head of the Sumgait city executive power Zakir Farajov said, Trend reports.

In 2018, the volume of tobacco production in Azerbaijan in aggregate expression is expected at the level of 62.7 million manats, which is 37.5 percent more than last year.

Seven enterprises will begin to operate in Azerbaijan’s Sumgait Chemical Industrial Park in 2018, Nazim Talibov, director general of the Sumgait Chemical Industrial Park, told reporters in Baku May 25.