Media Review September 8, 2018

Parents"s prepartion for the new academic year, double duties on imported potatoes, shortage of medicines for hemophilia patients are the leading topics of today's media.

The newspaper "Azerbaijan" writes about the concerns of parents in connection with the preparation for the school. The author tells about the fairs organized by the City Hall, the prices for school clothes and school supplies. In total, the average preparation for school costs 150-200 manats.

The newspaper Novoye Vremya writes about raising duties on potatoes and who benefits from this.

The new tariffs relate to the harvest collected during the period from January 1 to June 30. Earlier tariffs were 15% of its customs value and now have grown into two. Tariffs for potatoes collected in another period remained unchanged and account for 15% of the customs value of the goods.

The decision to double the customs duty is considered a measure to protect the domestic producer. The author quotes Ilham Aliyev saying: "We sold potatoes for 26 million, and bought for 40 million dollars. The production of potatoes must be such that there is no question of import at all. "

The site "Trend.az" writes about patients with hemophilia and problems in connection with providing them with medicines. It's about concentrates. Medicines should be taken by patients with hemophilia before bleeding begins. If the situation does not change by the end of the year, the problem will worsen. In Azerbaijan there are about 1500 people with hemophilia; 350 of them - up to 18 years; 700 - from 18 to 40 years of age; 402 people over 40 years of age. -0-