Range of exports decreased by 20%

In January 2013 public and private enterprises exported 463 items of goods, which is 20% lower than last January, according to the State Customs Committee.

The share of crude oil, petroleum products and natural gas in the structure of exports was 93.9% or $ 1.8 billion deteriorated as indicators on the number of participants in foreign trade. In January 2012 the import-export operations involved 2182 people, including 1474 companies, in January of this year it fell by 15% to 1,893 persons, of whom 1495 are legal entities.

Reducing the range of goods associated with the strengthening of monopolies and restrictive actions of Customs. The local media in February published incriminating material on the work of Customs. According to these publications, the secret imposed a ban on imports of cotton fabrics and finished cotton products in connection with the construction of a textile factory in Sumgayit by Gilan Holding. The same group has built a shoe factory in the village of Bina and plans to monopolize the market, not only for shoes, but in the whole for the sector. Former chief of the State Customs Committee, and now Minister of Emergency Situations Kamaladdin Heydarov still holds the key to the customs service, says the local press. His family owns the group of companies Gilan Holding, which is engaged in virtually all economic sectors other than oil and gas. - 08B-