The average customs price of gas imported by Ukraine in June 2014 was $281.63 per 1,000 cubic meters, compared to $274.14 in April 2014, the Economic Development and Trade Ministry has said.
The ministry said that the average customs price of gas imported by Ukraine is calculated using data from customs declarations (preliminary declarations).
In June, Ukraine imported around 1.7 billion cubic meters of Russian gas and around 300 million cubic meters of gas from Hungary and Poland.
The ministry said that the June price for domestically produced oil (used for calculating oil royalties) was Hr 9,373.18 per tonne, 1.6 percent more than in May (Hr 9,221.97 per tonne).
The parliament in July 2012 passed a law according to which the Economic Development and Trade Ministry from the beginning of 2013 should monthly, prior to the 10th day, publish the average customs value of imported gas for the previous period.
As reported, Ukraine and Russia failed to agree the price of natural gas imported under a contract signed by national joint-stock company Naftogaz Ukrainy and OJSC Gazprom.
Since April 2014, Russia increased the price of gas for Ukraine from $268.50 to $485.50 per 1,000 cubic meters. Ukraine said that the country would not pay at all at such high price. The sides filed counter-claims to the Stockholm Arbitration Institution.
