Ukraine in January-March 2019 imported 1.555 billion cubic meters of natural gas for a total of $399.313 million, in particular in March 831.367 million cubic meters for $196.101 million, according to the State Statistics Service.
Thus, the average price of gas imported by the country in March 2019 was $235.9 per 1,000 cubic meters, which is 13.7% less than in February 2019 ($273.3).
The country’s contractors in the first quarter of 2019 were companies from Switzerland with 524.087 million cubic meters of gas for $131.787 million, Germany with 332.802 million cubic meters for $87.137 million, Poland with 235.554 million cubic meters for $51.566 million, Austria with 189.426 million cubic meters worth $57.046 million, France with 71.759 million cubic meters for $17.953 million, the UK with 63.022 million cubic meters for $18.525 million, Hungary with 53.457 million cubic meters worth $11.736 million, Luxembourg with 44.049 million cubic meters for $13.262 million, the Czech Republic with 39.475 million cubic meters for $9.822 million, Slovakia with 1.792 million cubic meters for $479,000, and Bulgaria with 400,000 cubic meters for $1,000.
Gas was not imported from Russia in the period.