In 2014, the Ministry of Taxes of Azerbaijan is to procure information and communication services for a total amount of 11 million 273.2 thousand AZN. This is 51.1% more than in the previous year.
According to the procurement registry of the State Procurement Agency, last year the main suppliers of telecommunication services and information technology were the following companies: Caspel (5 million 747 thousand AZN), Cybernet (2 million 759 thousand AZN) and LLC Digital Sors (1 million 048 000 AZN). The bulk of these funds were used to support the IT infrastructure of the Ministry of Taxes.
Note that last year a call center (universal telephone services in business) should have been started. The Ministry of Taxes spent about 2.2 million AZN on this. But it is not known whether the company Digital Services coped with this. 08B
Economics
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According to data released by the State Statistics Committee, Azerbaijan’s agricultural sector achieved slight production growth in the first eight months of 2024. The total volume of agricultural production reached 8.723 billion manats, which is 0.8% higher than during the same period last year. However, this growth occurs against a backdrop of increasing food imports, despite significant government subsidies aimed at supporting domestic agriculture.
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Azerbaijan has unveiled strong fiscal indicators for the first eight months of the current year, reporting a state budget surplus that underscores the country’s economic resilience amidst global uncertainties. According to operational data released by the Ministry of Finance, state budget revenues from January to August 2024 reached 25 billion 223.4 million manats, while expenditures amounted to 22 billion 362.4 million manats.
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Azerbaijan has made significant progress in diversifying its energy balance, with renewable sources playing an increasingly important role in the country's electricity production. Operational data for January-August 2024 show that total electricity generation reached 19,235.4 million kilowatt-hours (kWh), marking a noticeable shift towards greener energy.
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Bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Russia are accelerating, particularly in the agricultural sector, as Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev and Russia’s Minister of Agriculture Oksana Lut underscored during their high-level meeting on September 13 in Baku.
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