Is Hemp Legal in Azerbaijan?
May 29, 2026
Industrial hemp is illegal in Azerbaijan. No THC threshold separates hemp from cannabis; cultivation not licensed; wild cannabis eradicated periodically.
Industrial hemp is illegal in Azerbaijan. No THC threshold separates hemp from cannabis; cultivation not licensed; wild cannabis eradicated periodically.
Industrial hemp is illegal in Azerbaijan. The Ministry of Agriculture has not gazetted a hemp cultivation regulation, and Azerbaijani law sets no THC threshold to distinguish industrial hemp from psychoactive cannabis.
Wild cannabis grows in the Lankaran lowlands and Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and is periodically eradicated by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in coordination with district executive authorities; cultivation by farmers under any cultivar is not permitted. Finished hemp products such as hemp-seed oil, hemp-protein powder, and textiles circulate in limited quantities through Baku health-food retailers as imports from Turkey and the EU, tolerated when cannabinoid claims are absent and labeling complies with food-safety rules. Smokable hemp is treated as cannabis. No commercial export pathway exists.
This page is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Verify current law with qualified counsel before making compliance decisions.
Illegal
Ministry of Agriculture; Ministry of Internal Affairs
Prohibited (no hemp definition)
Law on Narcological Service; no hemp regulation gazetted
Hemp food products may pass customs informally when labeled as food and free of cannabinoid claims, but no formal regulation authorizes the trade. Smokable hemp flower is barred.
