Promoting Exports of Services in Azerbaijan

It is clear that the export has important effects on country economic development. There are lot of various strategies have used in some countries to increase the export of services. According to the international statistics, we can see that the share of services exports in global trade is increasing, and every country is trying to improve its capacity in the export of services by making some progress in this direction.After the successfully implementing oil strategy in the Republic of Azerbaijan, the volume of country exports has increased. At the moment, developing non-oil sector and achieving in diversifications of production and exports are main priorities of the country. Many strategies and policies have been pursued in this direction. However, the share of crude oil and oil products in total exports is still high and expanding export diversification is very important. We consider that one of the ways of expanding total exports is to increase exports of services. In this regard, some progress has been made in tourism and transport services in recent years, and according to statistics, the number of tourists visiting to the country is growing every year. Considering to the geographical and climate environment of our country, it is possible to achieve more progress in the export of tourism and the other types of services exports. Considering experiences of the countries that have succeeded in exporting services, it is clear that the main important factors of services exports development are improving the quality of services, creating the necessary infrastructure, having professional staff or increasing their professionalism, developing sectors that interact with exported services. For this regard, with the direct and indirect support of the government, it is possible to achieve the expanding services exports in our country by eliminating those problems