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Azerbaijani business spends nearly 86% of concessional financing for 2014

Business Materials 10 October 2014 15:45 (UTC +04:00)
Businesses in Zardab district and surrounding area have received preferential loans worth 18.7 million AZN
Azerbaijani business spends nearly 86% of concessional financing for 2014

Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct.10

By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:

Businesses in Zardab district and surrounding area have received preferential loans worth 18.7 million AZN.

The funds granted to 56 business entities were issued by the National Fund for Enterprise Support (NFES) under the Ministry of Economy and Industry of Azerbaijan, the ministry said Oct. 10.

It is planned to open more than 200 new jobs at the expense of these funds through the implementation of projects.

A business forum dedicated to granting of preferential loans to entrepreneurs was held in Chally village of Zardab district with participation of about 80 entrepreneurs.

The presentation featured samples of investment projects on construction of a specialized "green store", enterprises for the production of bread, cutting and processing of meat and plastic windows and doors, farm animal breeding and gardening, which are considered priorities in the implementation of the economic potential of the region.

Preferential loans worth 240 million AZN were issued by the fund to 4,233 entrepreneurs throughout the country since the beginning of the year, executive director of the National Fund Shirzad Abdullayev said. These projects will contribute to the opening of more than 9,400 new workplaces.

At present, some 398.7 million AZN of credits have been allocated on the financing of 8,870 investment projects of business entities operating in Aran economic region, which will make it possible to open more than 31,500 new workplaces.

In 2014, the National Fund plans to issue loans worth 280 million AZN, of which 130 million AZN will be provided at the expense of repayment, and the remaining 150 million AZN at the expense of the state budget.

NFES was established in 1992. Issuance of loans to entrepreneurs is implemented through authorized banks and non-bank credit organizations. There are 45 of them in total.

The official exchange rate of October 10 is 0.7843 AZN / USD.

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