State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) is one of the largest oil companies in the world. Using the oil reserves based on the indivisible state policy, to improve the management structure of the oil industry, to provide development of the petroleum energy complex for this purpose under the order of the president of Azerbaijan republic on the basis of the State Concern and Azerneftkimiya the State Oil Company of Republic was established.

he Maritime Administration is a body, which is responsible for safety of navigation, help to navigators, service of waterways and channels, the service of management of movement of ships and pilotage posting, as well as the hydrographic services.

AEC being a union of employers in the Azerbaijan Republic is non-commercial, non-governmental, self-managing organization coordinating activities of the juridical and physical persons dealing with the entrepreneurial activity not-dependent on their property and organization-legal form (excluding state financed organizations) on voluntary basis, protecting their legal and economic rights, having social-effective objectives and considering not to get profit as the basic principle of its activity.

The State Agency on Standardization, Metrology and Patents has been established by the Decree No. 623 of December 27, 2001 of Azerbaijan Republic Prezident. Activity of the Agency is based on Constitution of Azerbaijan Republic, Decrees and Orders of Azerbaijan Republic President, Resolutions and Orders of the Cabinet of Ministers of Azerbaijan Republic and International Agreements, to which Azerbaijan Republic is a party as well as on the Statute of the Agency.