ECONOMY

During trading on the “ICE London” intercontinental exchange, the value of the May 2026 contract for the export of “Brent” oil decreased by 1.14% to 84.44 US dollars per barrel. According to “Elchi”, on New York’s “NYMEX” commodity exchange, the price of 1 barrel of “WTI” brand oil for export in April 2026 also decreased […]

The price of natural gas futures quotations on New York’s “NYMEX” commodity exchange has decreased. “Elchi” reports that the price of natural gas futures for delivery in April 2026 decreased by 0.73% to 2.974 US dollars per 1 million BTU (British thermal unit).

Approximately half of the increase in economic activity is related to the “formalization” effect of the economy. “Elchi” reports that this was stated by Orkhan Nazarli, Head of the State Tax Service, during his speech at the “Future Outlook in the Tax System: New Management Model and Data-Driven Decisions” Forum. He stated that the volume […]

Compared to 2018, in 2025, the share of tax revenues in GDP for the private sector of the non-oil and gas sector increased by 2.2 percentage points, reaching 9.9%.“Elchi” reports that Economy Minister Mikayil Jabbarov stated this at the forum held on the topic ‘Future Outlook in the Tax System: New Management Model and Data-Driven […]

Existing economic growth rates are not consistent with Azerbaijan’s potential, and these indicators do not satisfy us. “Elchi” reports that Minister of Economy Mikayil Jabbarov said this during his speech at the “Future Outlook in the Tax System: New Management Model and Data-Driven Decisions” Forum. The Minister stated that the country’s foreign exchange reserves, low […]

During trading operations held at the ICE London intercontinental exchange, the value of the May 2026 contract for Brent oil exports increased by 2.08%, reaching 84.23 US dollars per barrel. According to “Elchi”, on the New York “NYMEX” commodity exchange, the price of 1 barrel of WTI crude oil for April 2026 exports also increased […]

The Central Bank of Azerbaijan has announced today’s currency exchange rates. According to “Elchi”, on March 4, the exchange rate of the US dollar remained unchanged at 1.7000 manats, and the Turkish lira was 0.0386 manats. In turn, 100 Russian rubles depreciated to 2.1836 manats, while the Euro appreciated to 1.9734 manats. Currency Code Rate […]

Due to the situation in the Middle East, the safe evacuation of citizens whose flights have been cancelled is being carried out by Azerbaijan from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to Baku. This was reported by “Azerbaijan Airlines” (AZAL) CJSC to elchi. Thus, a “Boeing 787 Dreamliner” aircraft belonging to AZAL is expected to land at Heydar […]

OPEC+ countries will compensate for excess oil production of 727 thousand – 850 thousand barrels/day monthly from February to June 2026, according to a new schedule. “Elchi” reports that this is reflected in the updated compensation plans received by the OPEC secretariat from Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, and Oman. The main part of […]