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In January-February 2024 average monthly nominal salary in the country made 946,8 manats.In January-March 2024, investments at 3809,2 million manats were directed to fixed assets.In January-February 2024 gross domestic product in amount of 18576,9 million manats was produced.In January 2024 industrial products at 5,2 billion manats were produced.For the state of 1st January of the current year winter crops for grain and green feed were sown in the area of 1025,4 thousand hectare.For the state of December 1, 2023 number of employees engaged in the country economy made 1732,6 thsd. persons.In January-April 2023, retail trade turnover increased by 2.9 percent in real terms.The foreign trade turnover of the country in January-March 2023 made 12269,3 million USD.In January-April 2023 the Republic of Azerbaijan received 522,9 thousand foreigners and stateless persons.50.2% of the total population of the country was women for the beginning of 2023.In January-March 2023, 368.9 thousand foreigners and stateless persons arrived in the Republic of Azerbaijan.In January-February 2023, retail trade turnover increased by 2.8 percent in real terms.In January-February 2023, the consumer price index was 113.9% compared to January-February 2022.50,2 percent of total number of population made up women to the beginning of 2023In 2022 cargo transportation in Azerbaijan side of the Europe-Caucasus-Asia Transport Corridor was 51420,6 thousand ton.Industrial products at 6,5 billion manats were produced in January 2023.

Drug-related Crimes

16.08.2021, 12:00

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, 4145 or 27.8 percent of 14928 criminal cases recorded in January-July 2021 were related to the illicit trafficking of drugs and psychotropic substances, which is 42.7 percent more in comparison with the same period of last year. 57.9 percent of them was illegal purchase, storage, preparation, processing, transportation of drugs or psychotropic substances in excess of their personal consumption without the purpose of sale, 35.7 percent the same actions for sale, as well as the production, shipping or illegal sale of these substances, 4.6 percent cultivating illegal crops containing drugs, 1.7 percent illicit trafficking of highly potent or toxic substances for sale and 0.1 percent other crimes.

During the reporting period, 2757 offenders were detained for the illicit trafficking of drugs and psychotropic substances, 2719 of them were involved in criminal responsibility, while 38 of them were exempted from criminal responsibility according to the law.

73.7 percent of people who committed a crime were those never worked and studied, 35.0 percent of them were previously prosecuted. 2,5 percent were women. 0,2 percent of the offenders were children aged 14-17, 7.9 percent young people aged 18-24, 18.0 percent 25-29, and 73.9 percent 30 and older.

In January-July 2021, 1947,4 2984,2 kilograms of drugs were 1947,4 kilograms heroin, 618,9 kilograms marijuana, 245,5 kilograms opium, 57.5 kilograms hashish, hashish oil and resin, 114.9 kilograms other drugs and powerful means.

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