RA STATE BUDGET REVENUES IN JANUARY-MARCH 2006 EXCEED BY 6% INDEX OF SAME MONTHS OF LAST YEAR

Noyan Tapan
May 15 2006

YEREVAN, MAY 15, NOYAN TAPAN. In January-March 2006, the RA state
budget revenues and official transfers increased by 6% compared with
the same months of last year and made 82 bln 109.1 mln drams (about
182.4 mln USD). According to the RA National Statistical Service,
the state budget revenues grew by 9.6% to 81 bln 670.5 mln drams. In
the period under review, the current revenues of the state budget grew
by 6.8% to 79 bln 114.9 mln drams, while tax revenues – by 16.2% to
70 bln 888.1 mln drams. In the indicated period, the RA state budget
expenditures amounted to 79 bln 957.4 mln drams, the budget surplus –
to about 2.1 bln drams.