As of February 1, 2002 surplus of the Kazakhstani budget equaled 10.8% of GDP

18.03.02 00:00
/IRBIS, March 18, 02/ - REUTERS informs, with the reference to the Statistics Agency of Kazakhstan, that as of February 1, 2002 surplus of the Kazakhstan budget equaled KZT20.6bn, or 10.8% of GDP. Revenues is said to have equaled KZT53.7bn in January of this year against KZT94.6bn of the same period of last year, while volume of expenditures with financing - KZT27.7bn against KZT23.2bn of the same period of year 2000. Following is performance of the state budget as of February 1, 2002: ------------------------------------------------------- STATE BUDGET KZT billion % of GDP -------------------------------- ----------- -------- Revenues 53.663 22.4 including: Tax collections 47.656 19.9 Non-tax collections 5.365 2.2 Income from capital transactions 0.364 0.2 Expenses and financing 27.695 11.6 Budget surplus 25.968 10.8 -------------------------------------------------------