Ural Customs Administration directed 5.94 billion RUR to the federal budget in August 2008, which exceeds the initially planned figures by 11.1%, the spokesperson for the Administration reports.

The Administration transferred 40.1 billion RUR (rather than the initially planned 33.5 billion RUR) into the federal budget in January-August 2008, thus exceeding the plan by 19.6%. Both import and export components of the customs duty payments have been collected in full.