NFES Allocates Funds for Entrepreneurs in Agdash
Priorities of lending business in the Agdash region have been determined. According to the National Fund for Entrepreneurship Support (NFES), appropriate to local conditions are considered livestock and greenhouses, intensive gardening, enterprises for the production of bread and cheese, as well as plastic windows and doors.
Local business people can receive the relevant advice and count on a loan of up to 100% of the cost of the project, assured NFES.
The fund was established in 1992. Its agents in the issuance of loans are 50 banks and non-bank credit organizations. Last year, the total volume of lending NFES amounted to 295 million AZN. --17D-
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