Foreign trade participants can now use a digital signature for customs operations in Azerbaijan.

According to APA, the head of Statistics and Information Technologies Department of the State Customs Committee (SCC) Iqbal Babayev told journalists, that an electronic signature has been used in customs operations for a month.

"As a result of introducing the e-signature, paperwork has been significantly reduced," Babayev said.

The head of SCC Aydin Aliyev told Trend earlier, that an electronic payment system in the customs service of Azerbaijan will be developed and used in 2013.