2023-12-07 11:15:15
DIG/ According to the Council of Ministers of December 6, 2023, the main assumptions on which the 2024 macroeconomic and budgetary framework is based are determined as follows:
▪ oil production at 80.3 million barrels compared to 80.2 stopped in 2023;
▪ a price of a barrel of Gabonese oil at 72 dollars, down 4% compared to the 2023 finance law;
▪ manganese production at 10.0 million tonnes, down 7.5% compared to 2023 forecasts;
▪ a selling price of manganese at 176.5 dollars per tonne, an increase of 9.6%;
. production of sawn wood which should be at 1.35 million m3, down 20.3%;
▪ an exchange rate of the US dollar at 593.6 FCFA, down 0.1%.
As a reminder, the draft state budget for the year 2024 is balanced, in revenue and expenditure, to 4,162 billion FCFA against 3,602.3 billion FCFA, an increase of 559.7 billion FCFA.*
Goals
According to the transitional government, the main objectives pursued by the PLF 2024 concern:
– support for the development of economic activity, in particular through the relaunch of numerous suspended investment projects;
– the consolidation of social achievements, with the granting of numerous social aids;
– increased recruitment of public officials and regularization of administrative situations;
– optimization of revenues, through broadening the tax base and increased computerization;
– strengthening controls of counterparties linked to tax expenditures.
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