As of November 1, 2002 surplus of the Kazakhstan budget equaled 0.9% of GDP

/REUTERS, December 13, 02/ - Statistics Agency of Kazakhstan informs that as of November 1, 2002 surplus of the Kazakhstan budget, in accordance with online data of the Ministry of finance, equaled to KZT28.6bn, or 0.9% of GDP. Inflows into the state budget equaled to KZT664.8 bn in comparison with KZT606.9 bn within similar period of 2001, expenses including credits - KZT636.2 bn in comparison with KZT565.4 bn one year before. Following is performance of the state budget as of November 1, 2002: ---------------------------------------------------------------- % of GDP STATE BUDGET KZT billion in current prices -------------------------------- ----------- ----------------- Revenues 664.822 21.1 including: Tax collections 605.108 19.2 Non-tax collections 44.888 1.4 Income from capital transactions 5.543 0.2 Expenses 636.234 20.1 Budget surplus 28.588 0.9 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ($1 = KZT155.58) [2002-12-13]