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UKRAINE IMPORTS GAS FROM EUROPE AT $277.4 IN FEB

21 April , 2015  

KYIV. April 21 (Interfax) – Ukraine imported natural gas from Europe at an average price of $277.4 per thousand cubic meters in February 2015, down 14% from $322.5 in January.

The State Statistics Service said that Europe supplied 1.197 billion cubic meters of natural gas worth $332.063 million in February.

Ukraine received 450.584 million cubic meters (mcm) of gas worth $125.3119 million from Germany (average $278.1), 416.986 mcm for $117.666 million from Hungary ($282.2), 214.552 mcm for $56.565 million from Norway ($263.6), 94.426 mcm for $26.325 million from Britain ($278.8), 10.73 mcm from Switzerland for $3.125 million ($291.2) and 9.993 mcm for $3.072 million from Luxembourg ($307.4).

Ukraine imported 2.266 bcm of gas from Europe for $676.564 million in January-February 2015.

The State Statistics Service did not say how much gas Ukraine imported from Russia in February, but pipeline operator Ukrtransgaz said 924 mcm were imported from Russia in February, as much as in January 2015.