Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 13 / Trend E. Ismayilov /
SOCAR transfer about 104 million manat to the state budget in January this year compared to about 108.84 million manat for the same period of 2011, the company said on Monday.
According to the information, SOCAR transferred about 12.45 million manat to the State Social Protection Fund in January, or 2.7 million manat more than the same period of last year.
SOCAR includes Azneft, which produces oil and gas onshore and offshore), the Azerkimya industrial association, a chemical enterprise, and Azerigaz industrial association, a gas distributor.
SOCAR is the only producer of oil products in the country (it has two refineries on its balance sheet) and also owns petrol stations in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine and Romania. SOCAR possesses a network of petrol stations in Switzerland. SOCAR is co-owner of the largest Turkish petrochemical complex Petkim.