Azerbaijan’s Lankaran economic region: not only tea and fish

Azerbaijan's Lankaran economic region includes the administrative areas Astara, Jalilabad, Lerik, Masalli, Yardimli and Lankaran. The economic region's industry is based on agricultural raw materials, mainly fish and vegetable products. Building materials and furniture are being manufactured here.

Based on the Azerbaijani State Statistics Committee's data, 92 industrial enterprises operated in the Lankaran economic region and industrial products in the amount of 49.5 million manat manufactured here in 2010. The private sector share in the production process reached 56.2 percent here.

Some 8 industrial enterprises, which made products worth 10.6 million manat, operated in Astara in 2010. The Astara power plant, which is the first of the five stations that constructed under the respective order of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, produced 204.4 million kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2010. Tea in the amount of 6.2 tons produced in Astara.

The number of industrial enterprises in Jalilabad in 2010 was 11 enterprises with manufactured products worth 3.65 million manat. Jalilabad specialized in light industry, which made women's suits in the amount of 1,874 pieces.

Some 4 industrial enterprises, which made products worth 875,000 manat, operated in Lerik in 2010. The backbone of this region is the production of building materials in the form of river stone, crushed stone and carved stone weighing 114 tons.

The number of industrial enterprises in Lankaran in 2010 was 40 enterprises with manufactured products worth 12.2 million manat. The key products of Lankaran's food industry were the fish and fish products, in particular. The region produced frozen sea fish in the amount of 3.7 tons, fishmeal - 55.9 tons and fish oil - 4.1 tons. Famous Lankaran tea was produced in the amount of 107.6 tons. In 2010, the region has produced 14.700 tons of sand and 5,905 cubic meters of building bricks.

Some 24 industrial enterprises, which made products worth 21.6 million manat, operated in Masalli in 2010. Presence of vast forests in Masalli defined the region's specialization in the furniture production. Thus, in 2010 the region produced 24,400 units of office furniture and 661 wooden kitchen furniture set. Bricks were made here in the amount of 17,800 cubic meters.

Some 5 industrial enterprises, which made products worth 561,000 million manat, operated in Yardimli in 2010. Unfortunately, data on the kind of produced industrial products are not available.

A beautiful natural landscape, cold and hot mineral water, the favorable humid climate and extensive transportation network resulted in the development of resorts and tourist centers in the Lankaran economic region.


Ellada Khankishiyeva