Business news from Ukraine

UKRAINE INCREASES GAS TRANSIT

4 December , 2019  

Ukraine in January-November 2019 increased transit of natural gas through its gas transmission system (GTS) by 2.9% (by 2.327 billion cubic meters) compared to the same period in 2018, to 81.494 billion cubic meters, according to recent data from JSC Ukrtransgaz. According to the calculations of the Interfax-Ukraine agency, in particular gas transit through the country to Europe for the 11 months amounted to 78.960 billion cubic meters (3.1% more compared to January-November 2018), to Moldova some 2.534 billion cubic meters (0.9% down).
In November 2019, gas transit rose by 15.4% (by 1.095 billion cubic meters) compared to the same month of 2018, to 8.197 billion cubic meters. In particular, gas transit through Ukraine to Europe amounted to 7.910 billion cubic meters (16.8% more), Moldova some 286.9 million cubic meters (13.1% less).

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