Media Review - October 19, 2019

Electricity production in the country, a sharp increase in imports, proposals of deputies on business development are topics of today's media.

The newspaper "Azerbaijan" writes about the production of electricity in the country. According to the new report of the Davos World Economic Forum, Azerbaijan ranks second in the world in terms of accessibility of electricity. It was the absence of light in the villages that caused migration from villages to cities in the late 90s.

At a meeting on October 15, President Ilham Aliyev also spoke about electricity production. In 15 years, 31 new stations were built, new capacities of 2500 megawatts were created. Joint production of Shimal-1 and Shimal-2 power plants amounts to 5.7 billion kilowatt / hours. Both stations provide 20% of the electricity in the country, and 40-50% in Baku and Absheron.

The site "Müsavat.com" writes about the growth of imports, which exceeds exports by 7.5 times. In January-September this year, imports into the country were at the level of 10.378 billion dollars, and exports - 14.866 billion dollars.

Most imports are from Russia, Turkey, Switzerland, China, USA, Germany, Canada, Iran, Ukraine. Imports from the CIS countries over nine months of this year totaled 2 billion 426 million 870 thousand dollars.

The site "Modern.az" writes about the need to eliminate bureaucratic business from the sphere of entrepreneurship. Deputy Ali Masimli believes that the potential of the non-oil sector is not used enough. It is necessary to intensify the struggle against monopolism, corruption and bureaucratic arbitrariness, "protection", to remove all obstacles that hinder free competition, free enterprise, it is necessary to deepen reforms. -0-