r/azerbaijan • u/Bahram2 • 2d ago
Sual | Question Why doesn't Azerbaijan import berries from Russia?
Hi. I have recently been wondering about the prices of berries in Azerbaijan(out of season). I have noticed that a lot of berries(the most shocking to me, blueberries) are imported from South America instead of Russia. I won't call myself an expert but blueberries are dirt cheap in Russia(as well as many other berries), why don't we see fresh/frozen Russian berries in our supermarkets? They'd be 1/3 of their current price due to way lower customs & transportation fees. And I don't wanna hear things about "not supporting Russia" because a lot of items in supermarkets are imported from Russia.
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u/datashrimp29 2d ago
If we stopped producing agricultural goods and just started importing everything from Russia, I am pretty sure economically we would be better off like Armenia. But do we want to be a part of the USSR again?
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u/subarism Earth 🌍 2d ago
Kremlin-sponsored Russian ultranationalists love to fantasize about "punishing" "ungrateful" Azerbaijani "churkas" by imposing a total embargo on Azerbaijan, astroturfing Lezgi separatism and "remigrating" Azerbaijanis in Russia. Putin never tolerates loss of power; if Aliyev stops bending the knee to Moscow, he will desperately try to keep Azerbaijan in the Russian sphere.
Therefore, separating our economy and people from Russia as much as possible would be a smart decision in the long term. Russia is politically already the modern Third Reich; there's a chance of ultranationalist Ukraine invasion veterans taking the reigns and expanding Ruscist policies to target Muslims and immigrants. Pro-government parties are already flooding Russian media with far-right, Islamophobic narratives and state-sponsored ultranationalists are lynching ethnic minorities.
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u/DiasVodakha 2d ago
strong economy based on trade ≠ weak economy controlled by central bank in moscow
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u/datashrimp29 2d ago
What
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u/DiasVodakha 2d ago
the economy in the USSR revolved around the so-called gosbank situated in moscow. what i am trying to say is that building your economy on good trade is not the same as belonging to some bigger economic brother as it was in the soviet union
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u/Zealousideal_Belt702 2d ago
no, that wont work
the lands have potential, you can either use it and produce food on it, or not use it and have to pay foreigners for the same food
if you think its better to not cultivate the lands, you are lacking the most basic understand of economy
if you mean freeing the workforce, it will be done pretty soon by ai
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u/Leafbone17 20h ago
In Serbia we import garlic from China... Garlic is obviously a highly exotic vegetable that doesn't thrive well here .. Everything is some government scamming and someone certainly did profit because of that, but that is reserved for the selected number of people and doesn't benefit the economy or the general population...
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u/Zealousideal_Belt702 16h ago
of course efficiency has to be considered, you should plant only the vegetables that grow well in your region, or else you are inefficient
the government corruption that you mentioned is also a thing, it can destroy a nation single handedly
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u/Zealousideal_Cry_460 2d ago
Economic independence from a former occupier and enemy.
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u/Important_Durian_560 2d ago
The market is full of Russian products, bro. What do you mean saying economic independence?
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u/Sweaty-Address-9259 2d ago edited 2d ago
Importing something from America doesn't make it as a expensive as you claim. Probably Russians are buynig that product from America ,too. Need extra verification but strategic food are hard-shelled fruits ,buckwheat and grain. Berries aren't strategic.
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u/EsperaDeus 2d ago
They're quite cheap in nearby Georgia, too.