The Central Bank reported that from January-September RD$1,033.6 million in petroleum tax money has entered the Treasury. This tax is 67% less than the RD$3,206.7 million received during the same period last year. El Siglo reports that Amaury Justo Duarte, president of the Dominican Petroleum Refinery, estimated the differential should reach around RD$3,389 million by the end of this year.
