UN releases economic growth and inflation forecasts for Azerbaijan
In 2024, the economic growth in Azerbaijan made up 4.6%; it is expected that in 2025-2026 this index will make up an average of 3%.This is stated in the UN report ‘World economic situation and prospects 2025’.
Recall that the government forecasts gross domestic product growth of 3.5 % this year and 2.8 % next year.
Besides, the UN stated that the average annual inflation in Azerbaijan in 2024 was 3.7%, in 2025 is expected to be 3.6%, and in 2026 - 3.1%.
Recall that the government forecasts inflation in the country at 4.6% this year and 4% next year.
Finance
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In December 2024, the State Customs Committee (SCC) transferred 646.45 million manat to the state budget, the SCC’s website. According to the data, this is a 4.4% increase compared to the same period in 2023. In particular, last year, customs duty revenues increased by 20.2% to 158.2 million manat, while VAT (Value Added Tax) revenues decreased by 0.45% to 463.5 million manat. Excise tax revenues increased by 6.2% to 19.55 million manat, and road tax revenues increased by 45.9%, amounting to 5.2 million manat.
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An auction for the placement of interest-bearing, unsecured, undocumented, registered bonds of the non-bank credit organization (NBCO) Embafinans with the code AZ2013020600 ISIN, worth 2 million manat for a one-year term, was held at the Baku Stock Exchange (BSE), the BSE reported.
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Zarifa Hamzaeva, the owner of 84.5% of Premiumbank's shares, has passed away, the Bank reported. She was also the wife of Jahangir Askerov, the founder and president of Gazelly Group, the leading cosmetics manufacturer in the country, and the former head of Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) (dismissed in September 2023).
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In 2024, nominal income of Azerbaijan's population totalled AZN 83,093.4 million.
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