Ministry: Russia’s budget surplus at 482 bln rbl in Jan–Jul

MOSCOW, Aug 10 (PRIME) -- Russia’s federal budget surplus decreased to 482 billion rubles in January–July compared to a preliminary estimate of 1.373 trillion rubles for January–June, the Finance Ministry said in a statement on its website on Wednesday,

Budget spending stood at 15.295 trillion rubles, and revenue amounted to 15.777 trillion rubles in the period.

Energy income stood at 7.146 trillion rubles, and non-energy income at 8.631 trillion rubles.

The Federal Tax Service contributed 11.025 trillion rubles to the budget, the Federal Customs Service 3.873 trillion rubles, and other federal agencies 879.404 billion rubles.

(60.3814 rubles – U.S. $1)

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