Tuesday, September 22 2020 17:22
Alina Hovhannisyan

Armenia increased natural gas supplies from Russia by 3.3%,  significantly increasing gas imports from Iran

Armenia increased natural gas supplies from Russia by 3.3%,  significantly increasing gas imports from Iran

ArmInfo. Armenia increased  supplies of natural gas from Russia in the first half of 2020 by 3.3%  - up to 1,050,062 thousand cubic meters, against an increase of 8.1%  a year earlier over the same period. According to the RA Customs  Service, imports in value terms also increased by 3.3% to $ 173.2  million.  At the same time, supplies of natural gas from Iran  increased significantly - 2.3-fold (against an increase of 39.5%) to  275,166.2 thousand cubic meters, having increased in value terms - by  84.2% to $ 45.4 million.

In total, 1,325,228.2 thousand cubic meters natural gas were imported  to Armenia in the first half of 2020, which is higher than a year ago  by 16.8% (against a decline of 0.1% a year earlier), costing $ 218.6  million with a y-o-y growth of 13.7%.

At the same time, according to customs data, Armenia exported 13  395.5 cubic meters  natural gas to Georgia for the reporting period  with a y-o-y growth of 91.4%, with a decrease in customs value by  2.2% to $ 2.2 million.