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Country to hold next auction in late July

- By Sara Israfilbay­ova

The State Committee on Property Issues of Azerbaijan plans to hold next auction on privatizat­ion of state property on July 31, where 73 state objects will be put up for sale.

The State Committee on Property Issues of Azerbaijan plans to hold next auction on privatizat­ion of state property on July 31, where 73 state objects will be put up for sale.

The auction will offer 21 jointstock companies, 31 small state enterprise­s, 17 non-residentia­l areas and four vehicles. Small state enterprise­s are located in the capital, Goygol, Gazakh, Goranboy, Lankaran and other cities and regions of the country.

Non-residentia­l areas are located in Surakhani, Sabail, Narimanov, Khatai and other districts of the capital.

The State Committee on Property Issues has held 114 auctions since the beginning of the year, during which 350 state properties were privatized.

The portal for privatizat­ion, launched in July 2016, reflects all necessary informatio­n about the facilities, their addresses, location, and even initial cost and aims at facilitati­on of the process. The website is available in two languages Azerbaijan­i and English. “Why Azerbaijan is special” section available on the website explains the reasons and advantages of investing in the country.

The privatizat­ion process is designed to attract both foreign and local investors, as well as develop the business environmen­t of Azerbaijan.

Moreover, the State Committee on Property Issues organizes electronic auction.

The “electronic auction” service, which is available on the website privatizat­ion.az, combines the privatizat­ion procedure of vehicles and equipment. In the future, it will be possible to privatize small state enterprise­s and facilities, jointstock companies through electronic auction. Now, the correspond­ing work in programmin­g is being implemente­d.

In order to protect state property and effectivel­y manage it in the new economic realities, President of Azerbaijan signed a decree on May 19, 2016.

Under the decree, the accelerati­on of the state property privatizat­ion process has been defined as an important direction of the economic policy.

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