From January to July 2014 State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) increased assignments to the budget by 21.5% against the same period last year up to 1,117 billion AZN ($1.42 billion), reported SOCAR.
In 2013 SOCAR transferred to the state budget 1.57 billion AZN, up 149.51 million AZN (10.48%) against 2012.
From January to July 2014 SOCAR transferred 83.5 million AZN to the State Social Security Fund.
The assignments to the Social Security Fund in 2013 totaled 162.91 million AZN, up 2.98% against 2012.
* SOCAR includes 22 production companies, plants, departments and other structures.—0—
Economics
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On 21 December, Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit met with Azerbaijani Minister of Digital Development and Transport Rashad Nabiyev at the Russian Ministry of Transport.
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Hundreds of trucks are stuck in the Kazakh port of Kuryk, facing delays for several days while waiting for ferry transport to Azerbaijan, the Azakhstan portal reports lada.kz. The backlog is due to a combination of reduced ferry availability, adverse weather conditions, and an influx of cargo rerouted because of expanded sanctions on Russia.
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Members of the Association of Independent Industrialists and Businessmen (MÜSIAD) have invested 61.3 million manats in Azerbaijan's economy over the past three years, Rashad Jabirli, chairman of "MÜSIAD Azerbaijan," revealed during a media briefing.
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