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May 2014 Press Release

Provisional revenue collection results for May 2014 show that OBR collected BIF 40.30bn. The corresponding target was BIF 41.05bn, meaning that the results are 1.83% below target.

Compared with the revenues collected in March 2013 (37.07bn), the results show an increase of BIF 3.23bn. This is an 8.72% year-on-year nominal increase in monthly revenue performance. Cumulatively, OBR has now collected BIF 241.16bn since the beginning of 2014. This is 3.59bn above cumulative targets (+1.51%) and 21.07bn above cumulative 2013 results (+9.72%).

OBR is now on track to collect in six months revenues that used to take a year to be collected in 2009, before the creation of OBR.

The detailed figures for the first five months of 2014, shown alongside the comparative figures for the same period in 2011, 2012 and 2013 are as follows:

2014

2013

2012

2011
January 52 139 963 653 57 148 284 942 53 737 629 723 37 853 937 196
February 40 712 310 055 34 728 203 352 36 154 125 237 30 378 042 502
March 45 138 771 005 48 916 680 536 55 398 780 570 55 102 533 604
April 62 866 260 222 38 989 907 450 37 101 505 521 46 028 565 604
May 40 304 239 421 37 071 241 964 36 785 248 407 38 035 549 884
         
TOTAL 241 161 544 356 216 854 318 244 219 177 289 458 207 398 628 790

OBR will continue in its mission to secure revenues for strengthening the Burundi economy and is determined to play its role to improve the business climate in Burundi.