State expenditure on subsidy reached 4,480 million dinars at the end of the first nine months of the current year, compared to 4,458 million dinars in the same period of 2023.
According to the report on the preliminary results of the execution of the State budget until the end of September 2024, the lion’s share of this budget was allocated to fuel, amounting to 3,297 million dinars (-3.4%).
The budget for transport subsidy remained almost unchanged at 522.1 million dinars at the end of September. However, the budget for commodity subsidy increased by 27% to 661.1 million dinars, compared to 520.9 million dinars a year earlier.
Fuel accounted for 73.7% of total subsidy, followed by basic products (14.7%) and transport (11.6%).
Given that the state plans to allocate 11,337 million dinars for compensation in its 2024 finance law, the implementation rate at the end of September was only 39.5%.
