05 February 2004 21:51
Federal budget surplus 5.3% of GDP in Jan (part 2)
MOSCOW. Feb 5 (Interfax) - The Russian federal budget had a surplus of 55.46 billion rubles or 5.3% of GDP in January
2004, a source in the Russian Finance Ministry told Interfax, quoting early figures on budget financing.
Federal budget revenue in January amounted to 217.834 billion rubles, which was 6.4% over target. January's
revenue amounted to 34.1% of the target for the first quarter.
Federal budget spending in January, according to early figures, amounted to 162.379 billion rubles, or 90.6% of
adjusted planned spending in January. Spending in January amounted to 24.3% of target for the quarter.
The primary budget surplus amounted to 66.5 billion rubles in January, or 6.4% of forecast GDP for the month.
Russian GDP in January is estimated at 1.043 trillion rubles. [RU EUROPE ASIA EEU EMRG ECI MCE] rd <>
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