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This year, Azerbaijan sells peeled hazelnuts to Italy at a price 26% higher than a year earlier, but sales volumes have fallen, EastFruit reports. In the first 10 months of 2024, Azerbaijan exported peeled hazelnuts in a total volume of 1,378 tons. The export value amounted to $10.03 million, Abc.az reports. According to the country's State Statistics Committee, the volume of nut exports to Italy decreased by 37% compared to last year, and in value terms, the decrease was 21%. Read also: Azerbaijan increased dried fruit exports by 38% While in the first 10 months of 2023, exported nuts cost $5,760 per ton, this year this figure rose to $7,277. This means that $1,517 more was received per ton than a year earlier.

On December 20, 2024, the 8th session of the Commission, dedicated to the protection and rational use of aquatic bioresources of the Caspian Sea, was held in Astrakhan. Representatives from Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan took part in it. The Russian delegation, headed by Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for Fisheries Vasily Sokolov, presented reports on fisheries activities for 2023.

The Caspian countries have extended the ban on commercial sturgeon fishing until 2025, Rosrybolovstvo reported after the 8th session of the commission on the conservation, rational use of aquatic biological resources of the Caspian Sea and the management of their joint stocks, which was held in Astrakhan.