According to Addustour newspaper, the Central Bank of Qatar announced that the general budget for the fiscal year, ended last April, recorded a QR 31.7 billion ($8.7 billion) surplus compared with a QR 217 million ($59.6 million) surplus in the previous year.
It estimated at QR 46.7 billion ($12.8 billion) the value of Qatar's total oil export revenues last fiscal year, ended last April. In addition, the Bank estimated at QR 28.9 billion ($7.9 billion) the value of Qatar's total liquefied natural gas export revenues last fiscal year, ended last April.