Azerbaijan, Baku, 4 April / Trend / In the first quarter, the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) transferred AZN 254mln to the Public budget against AZN 190mln in the same period of 2007, the Company reported.
In March, the SOCAR transferred AZN 82mln to the Public budget against AZN 77mln in March 2007. .
Some AZN 23.6mln was transferred to the State Social Protection Fund of Azerbaijan in the first quarter against AZN 16.6mln in the same period of 2007.
Summary table of SOCAR budget transfers:
| Months | 2007 | 2008 | Difference |
| Fact inThous. AZN | Fact inThous. AZN | Fact inThous. AZN (2007-2008) | |
| January | 51381 | 92712 | 41331 |
| February | 60846 | 79786 | 18940 |
| March | 76751 | 82049 | 5298 |
| Total | 188978 | 254547 | 65569 |
| Transfers to State Social Protection Fund | |||
| January - March | 16650 | 23627 | 6977 |