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Qatar to record USD22bn budget surplus in 2011-12
Qatar's budget surplus is expected to have reached about QAR 80 billion (USD 21.9 billion) in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, on the back of high hydrocarbon prices, a senior government official told Zawya on condition of anonymity.The budget surplus shrank to QAR 13.5 billion (USD 3.7 billion), or 2.9% of economic output, in the 2010/11 fiscal year, from QAR 54.1 billion, or 15.2% of gross domestic product, in 2009/10.
However, in the first nine months of the fiscal year 2011/12, the surplus stood at QAR 26.7 billion (USD 7.27 billion).
The Qatar Central Bank will soon announce that nominal gross domestic product in 2011/12 increased by 36% over the previous year to reach QAR 631.6 billion (USD 173.5 billion) compared to QAR 463.5 billion (USD 127.3 billion) in 2010/11, the official said.
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