BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 1
By Anastasia Savchenko - Trend:
The State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) sold nearly $654.9 million at foreign currency auctions in October 2019, Trend reports referring to SOFAZ.
SOFAZ sold $634.9 million in January 2019 at the currency auctions organized by the CBA, having then sold 316.2 million in February, $600.5 million in March, and $423.7 million in April, $352.4 million in May, $315.9 million in June, $434.9 million – in July, $815.4 million in August and over $618.9 million in September.
In general, SOFAZ sold over $4.5 billion at foreign exchange auctions from January through October 2019, which is 13.64 percent less than in the same period of last year.
The foreign currency is sold within SOFAZ’s transfers to the Azerbaijani state budget, which are envisaged to be in the amount of 11.6 billion manats ($6.8 billion) in 2019.
(1 USD = 1.7 AZN on Nov. 1)
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