Azerbaijan budget overpayments reach 2.86B manats

As of July 1 this year, overpayments to Azerbaijan's state budget totaled 2.86 billion manats ($1.68 billion), according to the Ministry of Finance's half-year report.

The figure represents a 19.2% increase compared with the beginning of the year.

On an annual basis, state budget overpayments rose by 5.2% compared with the same period last year.