Azerbaijan to open trading houses in UAE and China

Baku, April 12, AZERTAC Azerbaijan plans to open trading houses in the United Arab Emirates and China, said Sahil Babayev, Deputy Minister of Economy, as he addressed the 4th International Caspian Energy Forum Baku 2017. He stressed that Azerbaijan has already opened such a trade house in Belarus, and the work is underway to open trading houses in Russia and Ukraine. Babayev said that in the first quarter of 2017, Azerbaijan's exports increased 50 per cent, while non-oil exports saw a 32.5 growth, and agricultural exports rose 44 per cent, and exports of industrial products increased 25 per cent.