October 2 (SeeNews) - Romania's consolidated budget revenue through September rose by a nominal 20.32% on the year to some 85.93 billion lei ($36.4 billion/25.6 billion euro), the Finance and Economy Ministry said on Tuesday.
The ministry reported no budget spending figures for the first nine months of the year.
Romania, which joined the European Union on January 1, had a consolidated budget surplus of 0.3% of the gross domestic product (GDP) for the first eight months of the year.
The EU newcomer targets a budget deficit of 2.8% of the gross domestic product (GDP) this year. Its consolidated budget gap was equivalent to 1.7% of GDP last year, below the government's target of 2.5%.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday the country's budget gap target for next year should be significantly below two percent of GDP.
Details of collected budget revenue follow (in millions of lei):
|
|
9-mo '07 |
9-mo '06 |
y/y pct change |
| Central government budget |
53,176 |
44,840 |
+ 18.59 |
| Health insurance budget |
8,858 |
7,354 |
+ 20.44 |
| Social insurance budget |
17,517 |
14,390 |
+ 21.73 |
| Unemployment insurance budget |
1,783 |
1,596 |
+ 11.72 |
| Local government budgets |
4,601 |
3,240 |
+ 41.98 |
| Total |
85,935 |
71,421 |
+ 20.32 |
(1 euro = 3.3526 Romanian lei)