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    SUCCESSFUL FULFILLMENT OF ARMENIA'S 2008 STATE BUDGET GIVES GOVERNMENT ROOM TO RESIST CHALLENGES

    /ARKA/
    April 23, 2009
    YEREVAN

    Successful implementation of Armenia's 2008 state budget gave the
    Government room for forming reserves for resisting current challenges,
    Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan said at a governmental meeting
    on Thursday.

    At that meeting, the Government upheld Finance Ministry's report on
    fulfillment of the 2008 state budget.

    The report will be sent to National Assembly before May 1.

    "We have managed to save about AMD 77 billion. While using these
    funds now, we take into account quite considerable impact of the
    global crisis on the budget revenue", Sargsyan said.

    He said that the saved funds enabled the Government to fulfill social
    payments to shield citizens from the impact.

    "Additional efforts should be made to avoid problems at the second
    half of the year", he said.

    Finance Minister Tigran Davtyan, presenting key provisions of the
    budget, said that successful fulfillment of the budget revenue and
    expenditure in 2008 saved funds.

    "According to the annual report, revenue totaled AMD 785.3 billion,
    expenses AMD 810.6 billion and deficit AMD 25.2 billion", he said.

    The minister said that AMD 746 billion was planned in the 2008 initial
    state budget approved by National Assembly, but after corrections
    made over the year, the revenue was set at AMD 803.6 billion.

    "In fact, 105% of the initial budget revenue and 97.7% of amended
    budget expenditure were implemented by late 2008", he said adding
    that this was due to under-received funds on grants, particularly
    implied by Millennium Challenges Program.

    Davtyan said that revenue indicators show considerable overfulfilment
    of the budget.

    "We have managed to ensure AMD 770 billion fulfillment. This exceeds
    indicators of the initial budget by 8.3% and the amended budget by
    0.7%", he said.

    The minister said that tax and customs receipts were planned at AMD
    577.1 billion in the initial and AMD 619 billion in the corrected
    budgets.

    He said that AMD 621 billion receipts were insured.

    This amount 4% greater than that planned in the initial budget and 0.2%
    greater than in the amended budget.

    "Tax/GDP ratio was 17.02% in 2008 against 17% planned in the initial
    budget", the minister said.

    Davtyan also said that in the initial state budget, expenses were
    planned to total AMD 822 billion in 2008 and fulfillment exceeded
    AMD 810 billion by latte 2008.

    "The money accumulated over the year is targeted for supporting
    fulfillment of the 2009 state budget", he said.

    The finance minister said that deficit amounted to AMD 25.2 billion
    while in the initial budget it was planned at AMD 76 billion and in
    the amended budget AMD 56 billion.

    0D "So deficit/GDP ratio was recorded at 0.48% in 2008. This is quite
    low indicator that laid favorable ground for 2009" Davtyan said. ($1 =
    AMD 370.46).
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    Successful fulfillment of Armeniaâ??s 2008 state budget gives government
    room to resist challenges

    YEREVAN, April 23. /ARKA/. Successful implementation of Armeniaâ??s 2008
    state budget gave the Government room for forming reserves for
    resisting current challenges, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan
    said at a governmental meeting on Thursday.

    At that meeting, the Government upheld Finance Ministryâ??s report on
    fulfillment of the 2008 state budget.

    The report will be sent to National Assembly before May 1.

    â??We have managed to save about AMD 77 billion. While using these funds
    now, we take into account quite considerable impact of the global
    crisis on the budget revenueâ??, Sargsyan said.

    He said that the saved funds enabled the Government to fulfill social
    payments to shield citizens from the impact.

    â??Additional efforts should be made to avoid problems at the second half
    of the yearâ??, he said.

    Finance Minister Tigran Davtyan, presenting key provisions of the
    budget, said that successful fulfillment of the budget revenue and
    expenditure in 2008 saved funds.

    â??According to the annual report, revenue totaled AMD 785.3 billion,
    expenses AMD 810.6 billion and deficit AMD 25.2 billionâ??, he said.

    The minister said that AMD 746 billion was planned in the 2008 initial
    state budget approved by National Assembly, but after corrections made
    over the year, the revenue was
    set at AMD 803.6 billion.

    â??In fact, 105% of the initial budget revenue and 97.7% of amended
    budget expenditure were implemented by late 2008â??, he said adding that
    this was due to under-received funds on grants, particularly implied by
    Millennium Challenges Program.

    Davtyan said that revenue indicators show considerable overfulfilment
    of the budget.

    â??We have managed to ensure AMD 770 billion fulfillment. This exceeds
    indicators of the initial budget by 8.3% and the amended budget by
    0.7%â??, he said.

    The minister said that tax and customs receipts were planned at AMD
    577.1 billion in the initial and AMD 619 billion in the corrected
    budgets.

    He said that AMD 621 billion receipts were insured.

    This amount 4% greater than that planned in the initial budget and 0.2%
    greater than in the amended budget.

    â??Tax/GDP ratio was 17.02% in 2008 against 17% planned in the initial
    budgetâ??, the minister said.

    Davtyan also said that in the initial state budget, expenses were
    planned to total AMD 822 billion in 2008 and fulfillment exceeded AMD
    810 billion by latte 2008.

    â??The money accumulated over the year is targeted for supporting
    fulfillment of the 2009 state budgetâ??, he said.

    The finance minister said that deficit amounted to AMD 25.2 billion
    while in the initial budget it was planned at AMD 76 billion and in the
    amended budget AMD 56 billion.
    0D
    â??So deficit/GDP ratio was recorded at 0.48% in 2008. This is quite low
    indicator that laid favorable ground for 2009â?? Davtyan said. ($1 = AMD
    370.46). M.V. --0--






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