Press Review May 14, 2018

Industrial predominance in the non-oil sector, the situation in the grain industry, and the demographic situation in the country are the leading topics of today's press.

The newspaper Azerbaijan writes that the agrarian sector is on the industrial track. In January-February this year, the export of non-oil products increased by 37.3% compared to the same period of the previous year, amounting to 241.7 million manat.

The author quotes the head of state, according to which the growth in agriculture was 4.2%. Further, the author gives figures on the agrarian sectors in a comparative characteristic.

The website Azadliq.info writes about the situation in the field of grain growing. In Azerbaijan, under the guise of the development of grain production, funds are annually allocated from the state budget. The country's demand for food grain is only 1.4 million tons. This need is met entirely through imports. The Ministry of Agriculture asserts that annually over 1 million 800 tons of grain is produced in Azerbaijan, however, 1.4-1.6 million tons of grain is imported annually.

The newspaper Novoye Vremya writes about raising the retirement age in Azerbaijan. Meanwhile, the officially reported number of workers is much higher than the number of persons of retirement age.