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Italy, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania increased gas imports from Azerbaijan by 8.9% in the first half of 2023
Baku/18.08.23//Turan: In the first half of 2023, the countries of the European Union (EU) - Italy, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania increased gas imports from Azerbaijan by 8.9% compared to the same period last year, to 241,875 thousand terajoules.
The cost of gas imported from Azerbaijan to the EU countries during the reporting period amounted to 3.512 billion euros (a decline of 37.9% compared to January-June 2022), the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat.)
In June, the EU countries reduced gas imports from Azerbaijan by 0.1% year-on-year, to 40,154 thousand TJ, having allocated 348.24 million euros for these purposes (a decline of 64.2%).
In 2022, EU countries imported natural gas from Azerbaijan for 15.599 billion euros (an increase of 4 times over the year), the Eurostat reported. –0-
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