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Ukraine in January-October increased its natural gas imports by 45.5 percent (by 4.156 billion cubic meters) compared to the same period in 2018, to 13.298 billion cubic meters, according to recent data from JSC Ukrtransgaz.

According to the calculations of the Interfax-Ukraine agency, in particular supplies from Slovakia in the ten months amounted to 8.526 billion cubic meters (51.3 percent more compared to January-October 2018), from Hungary some 3.463 billion cubic meters (19.1 percent more), and Poland some 1.309 billion cubic meters (up by 2.2 times).

In October, imports amounted to 1.694 billion cubic meters of gas, which is 57.3 percent more than in the same month of 2018 (1.076 billion cubic meters).