Italy was Azerbaijan’s largest trade partner during the period of January-July 2021, with the trade turnover between the two countries amounting to $4.6 billion, the State Customs Committee has reported. Of the total turnover, the export of Azerbaijani products to Italy amounted to $4.3 billion, while import from Italy was …
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EIA increases Azerbaijan’s 2022 oil production volume forecasts
The U.S. Energy Information Administration has increased its forecast for Azerbaijan’s average daily oil production for 2022. In its report released in August, the agency increased its forecast for the country’s daily oil production for 2022 by 20,000 barrels to 780,000 barrels. It should be noted that according to the report published …
Read More »Number of registered companies with Azerbaijani capital grows in Turkey
Some 124 companies with Azerbaijani capital were registered in Turkey from January through June 2021, which is by 73 companies less compared to the same period of 2020, the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) told Trend. The total capital of Azerbaijani companies registered in Turkey from January through …
Read More »MFA: Azerbaijan supports Georgia’s independence, territorial integrity
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry has expressed support for neighbouring Georgia’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. “Azerbaijan supports independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognized borders,” the ministry stated on its official Twitter account on August 8. The statement added that Azerbaijan and Georgia enjoy strategic partnership based on the respect …
Read More »Azerbaijan Industrial Corporation, Canadian organization sign contract
The Azerbaijan Industrial Corporation and the Canadian organization signed a special contract, the corporation told Trend on Aug. 2. The contract was signed with the Canadian Corporate Finance Institute (CFI) to organize the international training and certification exams. The training and certification programs developed by one of the most cited sources in …
Read More »Transition of SCPC technical operatorship from bp to SOCAR finalized
The South Caucasus Pipeline Company (SCPC) announces that on 1 August 2021 the process of transition of the technical operatorship of the South Caucasus Pipeline Company (SCPC) from BP Exploration (Shah Deniz) Limited to SOCAR Midstream Operations Limited was finalized. SOCAR Midstream Operations Limited is a fully owned subsidiary of …
Read More »Azerbaijan opens Trade and Tourism Representative Offices in Israel
Azerbaijan has opened Trade and Tourism Representative Offices in Tel Aviv, Israel. The event was attended by co-chairs of the Joint Commission between the Government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Government of the State of Israel – Minister of Economy of Azerbaijan Mikayil Jabbarov and Minister of Tourism …
Read More »Azerbaijan’s electricity exports to Georgia up by 21.4pct
Azerbaijan increased electricity exports to neighbouring Georgia by 21.4 percent, bringing the volume of exports to 505 million kWh in January-June 2021, Azertag has reported. During the reporting period, Georgia imported a total of 1.7 billion kWh of electricity. Thus, Azerbaijan accounted for 29.6 percent of Georgia’s total electricity imports. It …
Read More »Record number of containers delivered to Azerbaijan via Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway
A record number of container trains – 48 units – have been shipped to Azerbaijan within the TURKUAZ project, which implements rail freight from Turkey to Azerbaijan and vice versa passing through Georgia via the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway, ADY Container reported on July 16. Overall, 1.344 tons of granulated sugar has …
Read More »SOCAR, Technip Energies enter cooperation agreement on offshore sustainable energy development
SOCAR and Technip Energies entered today a cooperation agreement to study sustainability measures in the offshore upstream activities, including CO2 emission reduction, improvement of power efficiency and associated optimization in the total cost of ownership. The cooperation agreement includes evaluation of a joint pilot project for offshore energy production on …
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