(MENAFN- AzerNews) On 4 July 2023, the German-Azerbaijani Chamber of Commerce (AHK
Azerbaijan) organized the next AHK Impuls with the participation of
over 70 representatives from members and partners of the Chamber,
Azernews reports.
The honorary guest speaker Shahin Baghirov, Chairman of the
State Customs Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan, spoke on the
topic of “Customs Regulations in Azerbaijan: Current Trends
and Enhancing Public-Private Cooperation”. Also at the
meeting, Sevinj Rahimova, the Founder and Director of SERA Holding
LLC, gave information about the services and activities of Smart
Finans LLC.
Opening the event, Tobias Baumann, Executive Director of AHK
Azerbaijan, welcomed the member companies, greeted the
representatives of the diplomatic missions, introduced the
speakers, and expressed his gratitude towardsSmart Finans LLC for
supporting the AHK Impuls event. He then passed the floor to Ms
Sevinj Rahimova.
In her keynote address, Sevinj Rahimovawelcomed the guests and
gave information about the activities and services of Smart Finans
LLC, which is a part of SERA Holding. Rahimova said the company
provides finance, accounting, consulting, and audit services. She
also spoke about customs services, which are among the most
exciting subjects for entrepreneurs, and emphasized the state's
support for this area.
Then Tobias Baumann gave the floor to the honorary guest speaker
of the event Shahin Baghirov.
In his speech, Shahin Baghirov welcomed the event participants
and said that the State Customs Committee is always open to such
initiatives and emphasized the importance of these kinds of
meetings contributing to business-customs partnership. First,
Bagirov gave extensive information about the strategic goals,
missions, and principles of the State Customs Committee.
Later, Baghirov shared detailed information about each of the
completed projects. Baghirov also highly appreciated the
cooperation of the companies in the completion of the electron
account application, as well as he said that since May 10 of the
current year, all entrepreneurs carrying out import-export
operations have become users of the electronic account application
and informed that the mobile data of the application is already
available. Baghirov also stressed the importance of requesting the
electronic notification form from the customs offices.
Following this, Baghirov said that the ongoing projects were
carried out based on regular discussions and gave extensive
information about the risk management system project. Baghirov also
said that they will be able to check whether the products brought
to the country of this project have been approved not only by the
State Customs Committee but also by other institutions through the
risk management system.
At the end of his speech, Shahin Baghirov emphasized the
importance of the principle of transparency and called on private
sector representatives to cooperate with the customs
authorities.
The event was followed by concluded with a question-and-answer
session, lively discussions, and a business networking dinner.
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