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The Naftogaz Group's contribution accounted for over 15.9% of the national budget revenue over the period under review.
National Joint-Stock Company Naftogaz of Ukraine in January-May 2019 paid about UAH 47.9 billion (US$1.8 billion) in taxes and fees to Ukraine's national budget.
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"According to operational data, in January-May 2019, the Naftogaz Group paid about UAH 47.9 billion in taxes and duties to the state and local budgets," the company's press service said in a statement on June 11.
The Naftogaz Group's contribution accounted for more than 15.9% of the national budget revenue in the first five months of 2019, it said.
As UNIAN reported earlier, Naftogaz in 2018 paid UAH 137.8 billion (US$5.2 billion) in taxes and dividends, which was almost a third more than in 2017.
The corresponding sum Naftogaz paid in 2017 was over UAH 107.3 billion ($4 billion).
UNIAN memo. NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine is the largest state-run vertically integrated oil and gas holding whose subsidiaries account for about 90% of oil and gas production in Ukraine. Naftogaz develops oil and gas fields, produces crude oil and natural gas. Its core business is also transportation and trade in fuel through its own network of filling stations.