The Minister of Finance, Abdelkrim Bouzred, presented the 2023 budget settlement bill to the National People’s Assembly this Monday during a plenary session chaired by Brahim Boughali. This bill outlines all actual state revenues and expenditures for the 2023 fiscal year and demonstrates notable performance in the national budget. According to Mr. Bouzred, total revenues realized exceeded 9,017 billion dinars, representing an increase of more than 24% compared to 2022.
Tax revenues amounted to 7,393 billion dinars, including 3,850 billion from oil taxation, while state domain revenues reached approximately 87 billion dinars. Additionally, 1,342 billion dinars came from the profits of state participations in the economic sector.
On the expenditure side, actual budgetary charges reached 10,592 billion dinars, broken down as follows: 5,339 billion for social transfers and subsidies, 3,213 billion for personnel expenses, 1,188 billion for public investment, and 354 billion for service operations.
The minister emphasized that this budget settlement bill aims to faithfully reflect the state’s financial reality. “It fits within a rigorous legal and accounting approach, based on public accounting rules and established financial standards,” he specified.
Following the presentation of the 2023 budget settlement bill by the Minister of Finance, members of the National People’s Assembly took note of the preliminary report from the Finance and Budget Committee, presented by Mr. Hocine Abbache during the same plenary session.