Azerbaijan increases egg production

Azerbaijan is the latest of a number of former Soviet states to report a relatively high level of egg production in 2009. The country's egg production in the first ten months of the year was 10.2% higher year-on-year at 992 million.
Azerbaijan produced 1.1 billion eggs in 2008, 954 million in 2007 and 761 million in 2006, according to the country's State Statistics Committee. In geographical terms, the Absharon region is the largest egg producer in Azerbaijan, followed by the Khyzy region and then the Hajigabul region.