In particular, as of October 1, the import of natural gas from Slovakia, which accounts for about 80% of Ukraine's hydrocarbon imports from the EU, declined by 44% compared to September 30, from 26.011 million cubic meters to 14.682 mcm.
As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukraine imported 11.1 bcm of gas in 2016, which was 7.8% up against 2015. Ukraine imported gas from the EU alone in 2016. In particular, 9.1 bcm arrived from Slovakia, 1 bcm from Hungary, and 1 bcm from Poland.
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Natural gas reserves in Ukrainian underground storage facilities (USFs) on September 23-30 rose by 2.2%, or 347 million cubic meters, from 16.048 billion cubic meters to 16.395 bcm.
