At the 12 cash auctions conducted since the beginning of the year from 25 % to 44 % of 18 joint-stock companies with a total nominal value of more than 2.6 million manat were sold. However, in all cases the shares were sold at 50 % of face value.
Total sold at auction were 1,458,400 shares. The nominal value of 1,329,000 of them was AZN 2, and the remaining ones were 0.50, 0.25 and 0.05 manat.
As of July 1 this year, the state represented by the State Committee for Property Affairs had equity in 296 JSC.
In the course of privatization in 1997 in Azerbaijan shares were sold at about 1,500 JSC. -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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