Industry

Economic Efficiency, International Competitiveness, and Development Prospects In the oil and gas industry, the value chain is conventionally divided into three stages: exploration and production, refi...

The Azerbaijan Standardization Institute (AZSTAND) adopted a number of new state standards for the furniture industry in 2026. At first glance, this may appear to be a purely technical and regulatory...

The sharp rise in profits at Azerbaijan’s state-owned mining company AzerGold in 2025 is more than a corporate success story. It is another signal of how Azerbaijan is gradually building a new archite...

Investments by Azerbaijani companies in environmental protection projects rose by an estimated 12–14 percent in 2025 from the previous year, reaching between 620 million and 650 million manats, accord...

Wars rarely stay confined to the battlefield — especially when they unfold in the Persian Gulf, the artery through which much of the global economy’s energy lifeblood flows. The military confrontation...

The sharp decline in silver prices on the U.S. COMEX exchange in May 2026 has once again brought investors’ attention back to one of the most undervalued metals in the global market. After climbing to...

From Oil to Minds: Can Azerbaijan Export Knowledge? For three decades, Azerbaijan’s economic story has been closely tied to hydrocarbon production. Oil and gas transformed the country into one of Euro...

When the European Union introduced its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), many developing countries viewed it as a new form of trade protectionism. Brussels argued otherwise: if the world is s...

The printing and publishing industry in Azerbaijan is a segment that remains largely overlooked in the national economy, yet it holds strategic importance in shaping public opinion. The sector simulta...

Azerbaijan’s construction sector, one of the principal beneficiaries of large-scale government spending over the past five years, is likely to maintain solid growth through the second half of 2026. Ye...

Azerbaijan’s metallurgical industry entered a contradictory phase at the beginning of 2026, marked by simultaneous growth and decline. According to the State Statistics Committee, the total value of m...

Azerbaijan’s petrochemical industry has become one of the country’s key industrial sectors with strategic importance for the national energy economy, enabling the transformation of hydrocarbon resourc...

Azerbaijan’s petroleum products market is undergoing a quiet but significant transition. Behind the stability of state-regulated fuel prices lies a more complex reality: declining oil production, risi...

Azerbaijan’s information and communication technology (ICT) sector expanded faster than the overall economy in the first quarter of 2026, driven by a sharp increase in investment and steady growth in...

Azerbaijan’s industrial sector showed only marginal growth in the first quarter of 2026, underscoring deeper structural constraints that continue to limit the country’s long-term economic transformati...

Over the past decade, Azerbaijan has become one of the countries in the region that stands out in the high-technology sector, particularly in the space industry. The space policy, initiated by a decre...