Azerbaijan’s state energy company SOCAR paid 171 million manat to the state budget in May. That’s an increase of 28 percent from a year earlier, the company said on its website.

In the first five years of 2014, SOCAR transferred 822.66 million manat to Azerbaijan’s state budget, up 26 percent year-on-year, the company said.

The national energy producer also paid 11.2 million manat to the State Social Protection Fund in May.

Bakudaily.az