Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 6
By Azad Hasanli – Trend:
The Azerbaijani government has increased the parameters of the country’s state budget for 2017, Samir Sharifov, Azerbaijani finance minister, said.
Sharifov made the remarks at a plenary session of the Azerbaijani parliament in Baku on December 6 in discussions of the 2017 budget package.
He added that the budget revenues are projected at 16,255 million manats, and expenditures at 16,900 million manats.
Revenues of the 2017 consolidated budget are projected at 20,020 million manats, and expenditures at 21,267 million manats, the minister added.
Earlier, the budget revenues for 2017 were projected at 15,955 million manats, and expenditures at 16.6 billion manats, while the consolidated budget revenues were projected at 19,720.7 million manats, and expenditures at 20,967.2 million manats.
(1.7339 manats = $1)