The production and yield of wheat and potatoes have decreased

2024: Persistent Challenges in Azerbaijan's Agriculture

In the ongoing year of 2024, Azerbaijan has imported more food products at a record level. Specifically, compared to the same period of the previous year, food imports in the first eleven months of 2024 increased by 10.8%. According to information provided by the State Customs Committee, our calculations showed that in the first eleven months of this year, food products worth 2,192,644,000 dollars were imported into the country, which is 213.9 million dollars more compared to the analogous period of the previous year (1,978,667,000 dollars).

The Azerbaijani Parliament has amended the procedures for leasing agricultural lands in the liberated territories of Karabakh to entrepreneurial entities.

The State Statistics Committee recently reported that in November 2024, the consumer price index in Azerbaijan was 100.7% compared to the previous month, and for January-November, it was 102.0% compared to the same period of the previous year.