Ukraine resumes gas imports from Hungary

Ukraine resumed importing natural gas from Hungary on July 9, after imports were suspended in early July, according to Ukrtransgaz, the operator of Ukraine's gas transportation system.

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The company announced that the daily volume of gas imports from Hungary on July 9 amounted to almost 1 million cubic meters (mcm).

Read alsoSlovakia helps Ukraine get rid of gas dependence on Russia - expertAs UNIAN reported earlier, in June 2016 Ukraine reduced natural gas imports from the EU by one-fifth, from 95 mcm to 20 mcm. At that time, Ukraine’s natural gas imports were delivered from Europe by two traders.

Also, natural gas consumption in Ukraine stood at 1 billion cubic meters during this period, which was the same level as last year.

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