In Azerbaijan the cost of purchase of disposable syringes, etc. abroad is growing every year. Only in 2015, these imports increased by 0.8% and exceeded $ 10 million.
According to the State Customs Committee, purchased abroad were 131.8 million syringes. One thousand syringes were declared on the Azerbaijani side of the customs border at $ 76, 12.9% more than in 2014.
In recent years, the highest volume of syringes in quantitative terms was imported in 2014 - 147.7 million, twice more than in 2012.
In 2015, the company Dekot Capital new-found in the Shamkir region announced plans for the production of disposable syringes in Azerbaijan. The corporate website of the company noted that, to this end they purchased the necessary equipment abroad. Later, this company merged with SIA Comas, and who knows whether the local production, which will replace the imports, will be established. ----08B
Economics
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