Media Review October 24, 2018

The development of the regions, the expectations of lowering the cost of AI-92 gasoline, and a possible increase in meat prices are the leading topics of today's media.

The newspaper Azerbaijan writes about the development of the regions against the backdrop of the trip of President Ilham Aliyev to the Imishli district. From the moment of his election as President, I. Aliyev has visited the region 5 times, the author recalls, listing the objects at the opening of which the head of state took part.

Speaking about the development of the regions, the author writes that over the past 15 years, new irrigation canals have been built, as well as a drainage network with a length of 2,700 km, and a new canal of the Araz River.

80 million manat was invested in the first stage of this project, and the new concrete canal irrigates 53 thousand hectares of land, the article says. Water treatment plants have been installed in more than 40 villages, gasification has reached 92%.

The website Modern.az writes about the possible reduction in the cost of gasoline AI-92 in connection with the abolition of customs duties on the import of this fuel for 3 months.

Customs duty was 15%, however, expert Vugar Bayramov believes this will not affect the cost of gasoline, which is now worth 90 kopecks.

The website Cebhe.info discusses with the expert Akif Nasirli the possible rise in price of meat. According to him, in the cattle market in the Tovuz region, cattle rose by 100 manat, and small cattle - by 30-50 manat.

Butchers in Baku say that if they used to buy cattle at 1,000 manat, now they buy it at 1,300 manat. The expert explains this with the deterioration of the situation in animal husbandry, where pastures are reduced. The expert predicts a rise in price of meat.