BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 18
By Fidan Babayeva – Trend:
Azerbaijan's Kristall Plus CJSC has suspended production of medical alcohol taking into account the demand in the country's domestic market, Director of the company Ali Huseynov told Trend on June 18.
“The Azerbaijani Agency for the Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises rendered financial support for Kristall Plus CJSC in the production of medical alcohol on March 25, 2020 in connection with the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the world,” Huseynov added.
"Presently, the production of medical alcohol has been suspended given the demand in the domestic market, but goods remaining in the warehouse are still sold," director of the company stressed.
Huseynov said that 208,479 liters of medical alcohol have been produced from March 25 up till now.
"Medical alcohol manufactured by Kristall Plus company has been packed in various containers,” director of the company said. “The capacity of the company is 20,000 liters of alcohol per day. The products are made from domestic raw materials.”
“The latest equipment made by the world manufacturers, including equipment in the water-alcohol mixture preparation and filtration workshop, have been installed at the company’s plant,” director of the company stressed. “This allows meeting the growing demand for our products. There are three production lines in the workshop, which allow to quickly and efficiently pour liquid into various bottles."
Touching upon the issue of sales of Kristall Plus company’s products in the first quarter of 2020, Huseynov stressed that since the outbreak of the pandemic up till now, sales volumes of Kristall Plus company’s alcoholic beverages have decreased by 24.4 percent compared to the same period of last year.
“We have been exporting our products to Ukraine, England and India for two years,” Huseynov said. “We plan to increase the export volume of alcoholic beverages after the pandemic.”
Kristall Plus company has been operating since 2004 and specializes in the production of various wine and alcoholic beverages. The latest equipment made by the world manufacturers has been installed in the company’s plant.
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