The Economics of Salt: How Self-Sufficient Is Azerbaijan's Market?

Azerbaijan produced just 85,400 tonnes of salt in 2025 — 95.5% of the previous year’s level, a decline of about 4.5%. The figure is small, but the question behind it is large: to what extent does a country rich in salt deposits supply its own...

Why Is Azerbaijan Failing to Make Full Use of Its Iodine Potential? Azerbaijan stands out globally for its iodine reserves and ranks among the five largest producers. Yet output is declining, export revenue is shrinking even faster, and exports rely...

Azerbaijan is accustomed to exporting energy measured in barrels and cubic metres. Now Baku intends to export electrons as well. Yet turning the winds of the Caspian and the sunshine of Karabakh into a new source of revenue will be more complicated...

Reserves are large — the question is the depth of processing The sector’s real scale: how much metal? In the statistical classification, copper, silver, alunite and gold ores form a separate non-ferrous metal ores category. This requires mining and...