BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

02/04/2007

Belarus puts budget surplus at 11.8% of GDP in 2 mths

MINSK. April 2 (Interfax) - Belarus had a central budget surplus of 1.468 trillion Belarussian rubles (2,143 Bel. rubles/$1 on April 2) in January-February 2007, the Belarussian Finance Ministry told Interfax, quoting a figure that includes the country's Social Welfare Fund.

Revenue was 5.207 trillion Bel. rubles or 17% of the year's target, and spending was 3.739 trillion Bel. rubles, or 11.7%.

February revenue was 2.582 trillion Bel. rubles or 1.6% lower than in January, and February spending was 2.111 trillion Bel. rubles, or 29.7% more.

Source:

http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/finances/26.html?id_issue=11704240

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