The customs of the Ural Customs Administration area transferred 15.346bn RUR to the federal budget in the second quarter of 2011, which was nearly 4.5bn more than in the first quarter of the year, the spokesperson for Ural Customs Administration reports.

All in all, the local customs handed over 26.227bn RUR to the state treasury in the first half of 2011.

The money coming in from the imported goods duties amounted to 22.533bn RUR, whereas the money coming in from the export duties reached 3.13bn RUR.