Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct.8
By Maksim Tsurkov - Trend:
Azerbaijan's State Oil Company (SOCAR) transferred 1.135 billion manat to the country's state budget in January-September 2015, which is 277.61 million manat (19.65 percent) less than in the same period of 2014, SOCAR said Oct.8.
In 2014, SOCAR transferred 1.86 billion manat to the state budget or almost 290 million manat (17.8 percent) more than in 2013.
SOCAR transferred 104.22 million manat to Azerbaijan's State Social Protection Fund in January-September 2015, which is 3.1 percent less than in January-September 2014.
SOCAR transferred 141.24 million manat in 2014 to the fund compared to 162.91 million manat in 2013.
SOCAR includes production associations: Azneft (the enterprises producing oil and gas onshore and offshore), Azerkimya (the chemical industry enterprises) and Azerigas (gas distribution).
SOCAR is the sole producer of oil products in Azerbaijan. It has two oil refineries on its balance sheet, and also owns filling stations in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Romania and Switzerland.
SOCAR is also a co-owner of the largest Turkish petrochemical complex, Petkim.
The official exchange rate is 1.0480 AZN/USD Oct.8.
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