As of October 31 Azerbaijan collected 44,000 tons of raw cotton, which is 17,000 tons or 60% more than in the same period last year.
According to the committee, only in the last 20 days the ginneries bought 17,000 tons of cotton from farmers.
This year, cotton was planted in Azerbaijan on 52,000 ha. The yield is 8.46 t / ha.
Cotton harvest will continue in November. Today, on November 1, the Minister of Agriculture Heydar Asadov said in his article on the Day of Agriculture Workers this year the volume of the harvest will increase in comparison with 2015 three times, and will be 100,000 tons. He stressed that on the instructions of the Head of State, in 2017 the area under cotton will reach 100-120 thousand ha and 250,000 tons of cotton will be collected. A modern irrigation system will be used on 50,000 ha. ---08B
Economics
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed amendments to two presidential decrees, refining the roles and appointments of the State Customs Committee's representatives abroad, including in international organizations.
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Auditing organizations and independent auditors in Azerbaijan concluded 7,232 contracts valued at 133.2 million manats ($78.4 million) in 2023, reflecting increases of 20% in the number of contracts and 7.1% in their total value compared to the previous year, according to the Chamber of Auditors.
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The third meeting of the auction commission was held to evaluate the proposals submitted by participants in the auction for the Gobustan Solar Power Plant project, supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The meeting focused primarily on determining qualification eligibility and selecting the auction winner, according to the State Agency for Renewable Energy Sources.
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There is no sensationalism in the recent renaming of the Azerbaijani ship Karabakh to Mingachevir; the new name was given to the ship to ensure that two vessels would not operate under the same name, the Merchant Fleet of Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (ASCO) CJSC told Turan.
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