Azerbaijan to import 40,000 heads of pedigree cattle: minister

"Over the past five years, the country has bought 16,000 heads of pedigree cattle, and during this period, meat production increased by 30.7, and milk production - by 18.3 percent," said the minister.

He said imports of 776 heads of pedigree cattle from Germany led to growth of this kind in the country to 1,200.

"If we receive any proposals to import pedigree cattle from other countries, we are ready to consider them," said the minister.

Production of livestock products grew by 2.1 percent in Azerbaijan over 7 months, he added.

/Trend Capital/