CUSTOMS DUTIES INCREASE BY 52.3% IN JANUARY 2007 ON SAME MONTH OF LAST YEAR
Noyan Tapan
Mar 02 2007
YEREVAN, MARCH 2, NOYAN TAPAN. In January 2007, the RA state budgetary
revenues from customs duties made over 1.5 bln drams (over 4.1 mln
USD), exceeding by 52.3% or 522.2 mln drams the index of January
2006. According to the RA Ministry of Finance and Economy, fixed
payments amounted to 1.2 bln drams in January 2007, exceeding by 24.3%
or 241.8 mln drams the index of January 2006.
This growth is mainly conditioned by an increase in payments for
organization of lotteries, gas filling and trade facilities, as
well as transport activity. In January 2007, the RA state budgetary
revenues from simplified tax amounted to 841.5 mln drams, growing
by 19.1% or 134.9 mln drams on the same month of last year. State
budgetary revenues from other taxes made 689.8 bln drams in January
2007. Particularly, nature use and environmental protection payments
amounted to 292.3 mln drams, road payments – to 144.1 mln drams. These
taxes declined by 16.7% or 138.5 mln drams on the same period of 2006,
mainly because of a decrease in nature use payments. State budgetary
revenues from state duty made over 1.1 bln drams, growing by 24.3% or
218.8 mln drams on January 2006, mainly due to an increase in duties
collected from such services as granting legal documents to natural
persons, deprture of natural persons by means of air transport, etc.