| Transfers of Azerbaijan’s state oil fund SOFAZ to the state budget is expected at the level of 6.1 billion manats (1.6252 AZN/USD on Sept. 29) in 2017 that is by 1.515 billion manats (19.9 percent) less than in 2016, according to the presentation of the state and consolidated budget projects for 2017 that was made public Sept. 29 by the country’s Finance Ministry.
According to the project, SOFAZ’s revenues are forecasted at the level of 8.37 billion manats in 2017 that is by 4.89 billion manats (2.4 times) more than the forecast for 2016. Expenses of SOFAZ are expected at the level of 6.95 billion manats in 2017 that is by 34.6 percent (3.685 billion manats) less than the forecast for 2016.............................................Full Article: Source
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