TEHRAN - Ministry of Economy in a report on Monday put Iran's state revenues over the past two months starting March 21 at 36,155 billion rials (about $4.52 billion), stressing that the figure indicated a 31 percent rise compared to the same period last year.

The ministry stressed that the figure was 54.8 percent ahead of target revenues of the state Treasury over the period from a total of 65,926 billion rials as envisaged in the national budget of the current Iranian year.

The report put the revenues derived from taxes over the period at 6,492 billion rials, stressing that 2,318 million rials of that total had been obtained from state and private companies.

The ministry further stressed that Iran's exports of crude oil over the past two months had reached as much as 27,526 billion rials, adding that the figure had surpassed the forecast of the national budget and had actualized 131.7 percent of the anticipated figures. This, it added, indicated a 39.2 percent growth compared to the same time last year. In addition, taxes on income, wealth, imports, goods and services stood at 1,474 billion rials, 378 billion rials, 1,915 billion rials and 407 billion rials respectively