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14 April 2007 [11:46] - Today.Az
Azerbaijan's industrial sector growth was 38.6% for the first quarter, the country's economic development minister Heydar Babayev told a government meeting.

The growth was 12% in non-oil sector and 5.3% in agrarian sector. He said that the investment climate in the country improved and fixed asset investment climbed 12.3%.

34,000 jobs were created and sustainable development and poverty reduction programs were worked out during the first quarter.

He added that transportation grew 18.2%, communications services 16.6% and payable services 37.6%. APA-Economics



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