Proceeds from the State Service for the Supervision of Precious Metals and Stones to the state budget decreased by 18.6% last year
BAKU/21.01.14/TURAN : State Service for the Supervision of precious metals and stones at the Ministry of Finance of Azerbaijan last year held control measures in respect of 48 business entities , which is 28.4 % less than in 2012 .
According to the report of the Treasury , during checks they exposed 26,994 jewelry items without public trial stigmas. All items had been cleared from the tracks of titles and trial hallmarks of unknown origin were applied instead.
Following check, the state budget received a total of AZN 1,511,500, as well as administrative fines in the amount of 29.8 thousand manats. In total for 2013 was transferred to the state budget funds totaling 1,730.1 thousand manats. This is 18.6% less than the figure recorded in the previous year. - 15D -
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