Azerbaijan, Baku / corr Trend / In August the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) remitted AZN 95,161,000 to the Public Budget, which is AZN 21,704,000 more than last year.
In April remittances to the State Fund for Social Protection of Population made up AZN 7,285,000, an increase of AZN 1,690 from last year.
In 2006, SOCAR transferred AZN 734,701 to the Public Budget. This is an increase of AZN 189,697 from the same period of last year. In 2006 AZN 51,861 was transferred to the State Fund for Social Protection of Population, an increase of AZN 21,587 from last year.
Below is the summary table of budget transfers from SOCAR (in AZN thousand):
| Months | 2006 | 2007 | Difference |
| Fact | Fact | Fact(2006-2007) | |
| January | 39 559 | 51 160 | 11 601 |
| February | 63 935 | 60 846 | -3 089 |
| March | 67621 | 76972 | 9351 |
| April | 60 146 | 69 621 | 9 475 |
| May | 49 047 | 62 032 | 12 985 |
| June | 72 744 | 163 189 | 90 445 |
| July | 60 540 | 110 240 | 49 700 |
| August | 73 457 | 95 161 | 21 704 |
| Total | 487 049 | 689 290 | 202 241 |
| Transfers to State Social Protection Fund | |||
| January to August | 32 588 | 49 188 | 16 600 |