阿塞拜疆寄希望恢复棉花行业
Azerbaijan pins hope on revival of cotton sector
In the midst of economic problems, Azerbaijan president Ilham Aliyev has pinned hopes on revival of the cotton sector to bring the country's revenue back on track. Large decline in oil prices, cuts in public investment, currency depreciations, and the slowdown in trading partners' economies have all affected the economy of the former Soviet republic.
Stating that higher cotton yields were urgently needed to replenish Azerbaijan's greatly diminished state coffers, Aliyev has issued an order on government support to boost cotton-growing in the country.
As per the order, the government will give AZN 0.1 ($0.6) subsidy to cotton manufacturers for each kilogram of cotton sold to the processing enterprises. This subsidy would be available only for raw cotton produced in 2016 and sold to processing enterprises.
Further rules on giving subsidies would be decided by the Cabinet, Azerbaijani media reported.
“More than 200,000 tons of cotton will be produced next year… If all instructions are fulfilled and it should be, that in 2017 we will be able to produce 250,000 and even 300,000 tons of cotton,” Aliyev said at a meeting on the development of cotton production in Sabirabad region.
In 1970, cotton was sown on 190,000 hectares in Azerbaijan, which increased to 305,000 hectares in 1982. However, this area decreased to 18,700 hectares last year. This year the area has increased to 52,000 hectares.
The president hoped that the area under cotton would swell to 128,000 hectares next year, yielding at least 250,000 tons of cotton.
译文如下：
在经济问题中,阿塞拜疆总统阿利耶夫寄希望恢复棉花行业将该国收入重回正轨。石油价格的大幅下降,削减公共投资,货币贬值,以及贸易伙伴的经济放缓都对这个前苏联共和国的经济有所影响。
说明较高的棉花产量急需补充到阿塞拜疆大大减少的国库,阿利耶夫已经发布了命令要求政府支持来提高该国的棉花种植。
按照命令,政府将给棉花制造商每公斤0.1阿塞拜疆新马纳特(0.6美元)的补助来卖给加工企业。该补贴只能用于2016年生产的原棉，并且需要卖给加工企业。
给予补贴的进一步规定将由内阁决定,阿塞拜疆媒体报道。
“明年将生产超过20万吨棉花，如果所有指令都可以实现,这应该是,在2017年我们将能够生产25万吨甚至30万吨棉花,”阿利耶夫在萨比拉巴德区的棉花生产发展会议上说。
1970年, 阿塞拜疆棉花播种面积为19万公顷,1982年增加到30.5万公顷。然而,这个地区去年下降到18700公顷。今年的面积增加到52000公顷。
总统希望明年棉花面积可以增长至12.8公顷面积,产生至少25万吨的棉花。