(Adds details on revenues)
ATHENS, April 19 (Reuters) - Greece's central government
recorded a better-than-targeted primary budget surplus of 3.07
billion euros ($3.36 billion) in January to March thanks to
higher revenues, finance ministry data showed on Wednesday.
The government had targeted a primary budget surplus - which
excludes debt-servicing costs, social security and local
administration budgets - of 28 million euros for the first three
months of the year.
Budget revenues came in at 16.83 billion euros in the same
period, outperforming the target by 2.26 billion euros,
according to the official data.
Spending reached 16.6 billion euros, 545 million euros
less than the government's target.
($1 = 0.9130 euros)
(Reporting by Lefteris Papadimas; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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