Baku, Azerbaijan, May 5
By Anvar Mammadov - Trend:
The forecast on the customs revenues to the state budget of Azerbaijan for the first four months of 2016 was exceeded by 23 percent, head of the State Customs Committee (SCC) of the country Aydin Aliyev told reporters.
"During the first four months of 2016, the customs authorities allocated more than 644 million manats to the state budget," he said. "Forecast of revenues has been fulfilled by 123 percent."
Aliyev expressed hope that the revenue forecast for 2016 will be completed successfully in total.
Overall, the forecast on customs revenues to the state budget of Azerbaijan is planned at 1.81 billion manats.
Revenues of Azerbaijan's state budget for 2016 were approved in the amount of 16.822 billion manats, expenses - 18.495 billion manats. The budget forecasts were formed on the basis of the oil price at $25 per barrel.