Customs say collection for Russian budget slides by 44.5% May

MOSCOW, Jun 4 (PRIME) -- Russia’s Federal Customs Service contributed 257.53 billion rubles to the federal budget in May, down 44.5% on the year, the service said in a statement on Thursday.

In January–May, the service’s contribution to the budget fell 22.9% on the year to 1.757 trillion rubles.

(68.3413 rubles – U.S. $1)

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