State budget revenues 50% up, local budgets funds 40% up in 2015

18:12, 29.12.2015 1 min read

The revenues of Ukraine's national budget in 2015 increased by almost 50% compared to the same period last year, local budget funds by almost 40%, Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatseniuk has stated.

"The State Treasury Service finances all penny to penny, to the day," Yatseniuk said at the final press conference in Kyiv.

He said that only on December 29 the State Treasury Service sent UAH 3 billion to local budgets.

As reported, the surplus of the national budget of Ukraine in January-October 2015 amounted to UAH 2.8 billion, while its deficit in the same period in 2014 some UAH 53.8 billion. The growth of budget revenues in January-October amounted to 47.7%, in particular in October 50.7%.