Baku/05.12.13/Turan : In 2012 in Baku closed 224 stores for retail sale of food and non-food items . Traders say it is the result of expansion of supermarket chains, as well as " tax burden " on small business.
In the State Statistics Committee they told Turan that at the beginning of this year in Baku operated 20,095 stores, which is 1.2 % less than in 2011 . The total area of ??commercial facilities increased from 1,651,000 square meters to 1,710,000 sq m (+3.5% ) . Five years ago in Baku operated 17,624 stores with a total area of 1,554,000 sq m. Besides, for 5 years, the number of stalls in the capital has increased from 1,297 to 1,346 units (3.7 %).
Total in 2012 in Azerbaijan there were 59.6 thousand stores with a total area of ??2,959,000 sq m. During the year the number rose by 3.1%. For five years, the number of stores increased by 22.7 %. The area of retail properties increased by the same amount . - 08B
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