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    USACC, DC
    8 Mar 2005


    U.S. Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce :: :: President Approves Budget
    of State Oil Fund

    President Approves Budget of State Oil Fund


    03/11/2005


    On March 2, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev approved the
    State Oil Fund's (SOFAZ) budget for 2005 with revenues estimated at
    1.078 trillion manat ($220 million) and expenditures of 1.073
    trillion manat ($219 million).

    SOFAZ along with the National Bank of Azerbaijan holds the currency
    reserves of Azerbaijan, which exceeded $1.7 billion in January 2005,
    of which $970.5 million were at SOFAZ, some $155 million higher than
    at the beginning of 2004.

    In 2004, the fund's revenues were $329.6 million against expenditures
    of $174.7 million.

    In 2005, SOFAZ plans to receive 849.6 billion manat ($173.4 million)
    from sales of Azerbaijan's quota of profit oil from the
    Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli offshore fields, 43.4 billion manat ($8.8
    million) from acreage payments, 73.9 billion manat ($16.2 million)
    from oil transit through the Baku-Supsa pipeline, and 110.7 billion
    ($22.5 million) from asset management.

    Within its expenditures, 202 billion manat ($41.2 million) will be
    allocated to refugees and IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons)
    affected by the Nagorno Karabakh conflict with Armenia, 105 billion
    manat ($21.4 million) will go towards financing Azerbaijan's stake in
    the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline and 750 billion manat ($153
    million) will be transferred to the state coffers.

    Source: Caspian Business News
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