A total of 620 new state standards were adopted in Azerbaijan in January-September 2026, Ilgar Hasanov, Deputy Chairman of the State Agency for Antimonopoly and Consumer Market Control under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, said during a media training session dedicated to World Standards Day, APA-Economics reports.
According to him, 221 new state standards were adopted during the corresponding period last year. Thus, the number of new standards increased 2.8 times, or by 180.5%, year-on-year.
Ilgar Hasanov noted that of the new standards adopted in the first nine months of this year, 92 covered the transport sector, 62 concerned food technology and agriculture, and 43 related to the furniture sector.
The agency official added that a significant increase in the adoption of state standards has been observed in recent years. While 36 state standards were adopted in 2021, this figure reached 345 in 2025. As a result, the number of standards adopted in 2025 increased 9.6 times compared to 2021.
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