The State Committee for Standardization, Metrology and Patents (SCSMP) has prepared a proposal to change the legal status of its three units financed from the state budget. The talk is about transforming them into public entities on the basis of self-financing.
The Head of Press Service of the State SCSMP Fazil Talibov told Turan that the State Metrology Service (GPS), the State Accreditation Service (GSA) and the Azerbaijan Institute of Standardization and Certification can be converted to public entities. "Not only in Europe, but also a number of the CIS countries, this kind of state structures perform functions assigned to them by the entity and are not funded by the state." It isexpected that there will be reduction of personnel and the State Standard in the machine. The state budget for 2016 to finance petroleum products allocated 557,876 manat, the GSA- 286,508. 08B
Economics
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On 21 December, Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit met with Azerbaijani Minister of Digital Development and Transport Rashad Nabiyev at the Russian Ministry of Transport.
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Hundreds of trucks are stuck in the Kazakh port of Kuryk, facing delays for several days while waiting for ferry transport to Azerbaijan, the Azakhstan portal reports lada.kz. The backlog is due to a combination of reduced ferry availability, adverse weather conditions, and an influx of cargo rerouted because of expanded sanctions on Russia.
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Members of the Association of Independent Industrialists and Businessmen (MÜSIAD) have invested 61.3 million manats in Azerbaijan's economy over the past three years, Rashad Jabirli, chairman of "MÜSIAD Azerbaijan," revealed during a media briefing.
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While the global economy faces persistent challenges, trade between China and Azerbaijan has defied downward trends, demonstrating significant growth. According to official statistics from Azerbaijan, bilateral trade in 2023 reached 3.1 billion US dollars. In just the first ten months of 2024, trade volume increased by 17.1% year-on-year, reaching 3.02 billion US dollars, putting the annual trade figure on track to hit a record high.
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