Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 8 / Trend A. Akhundov /
The Azerbaijani State Customs Committee (SCC) transferred 77.79 million manat to the state budget in January after collecting customs duties and taxes, the SCC website reported today.
Income from customs duties amounted to 9.67 million manat in January, from VAT on imported goods, 62.33 million manat, excise 4.73 million manat and road tax 1.07 million manat.
The State Customs Committee fulfilled its forecast for 2011 at 1.14 billion manat. The forecast for 2012 will reach 1.2 billion manat.
The official exchange rate is 0.7863 manat to $1 on Feb. 8.