Doing Business in Azerbaijan 2009 - Azerbaijan Export ...

first into the mining sector and later in Telegraphy and Electricity/
Power generation. Today, the German industry is already active in
many sectors, but wants to intensify the relations by supporting
especially the non-oil sector.
The non oil sector is playing a vital role for securing the
sustainability of the wealth of the Azeri people in the future.
The German–Azerbaijan Business Association (DAWF) comprises
nearly 100 German/Azerbaijani Companies and has over the past 10
years become the primary hub of business relations between the
two countries. Among many other activities, the DAWF organized
extensive business networking events for the visit of President
Aliyev to Berlin in February 2007 and hosts a number of high level
German-Azerbaijan Business Events each year.
The DAWF represents the German-Azerbaijani business community
and is a comprehensive network for establishing and expanding
any business activity in Azerbaijan. Personal contacts are a
decisive success factor for doing business in Azerbaijan. Some
unwritten DO’s and DON’T’s exist, which should be understood
beforehand by talking to fellow business men, who have been
around for some time.
A steadily growing number of German companies contact the
DAWF for support in establishing a co-operation with Azerbaijani
companies or simply to become part of the German business
network. The member companies come from a wide range of
branches such as industrial services, finance, construction,
communication, consulting, medical and pharmaceutical, logistics,
machine building and the public sector.
The DAWF provides support to the members and non-members by
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