UNIAN: Price of imported gas for Ukraine exceeds $300 for the first time in 3 years

By UNIAN.

Published May 7, 2018 at 2:49 pm

A picture shows a partial view of a compressor station of Ukraine's Naftogaz national oil and gas company near the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on August 5, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his government to draft a response to "unacceptable" Western sanctions over Moscow's perceived backing of pro-Kremlin rebels in Ukraine's volatile east.

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The average price of natural gas imported by Ukraine in April 2018 was UAH 8,099.8, or US$309.9, per 1,000 cubic meters, which exceeded the $300 level for the first time in three years, since May 2015.

“The State Fiscal Service of Ukraine has calculated the average customs value of imported natural gas that was formed during customs clearance from April 1 to April 30, 2018. It was UAH 8,099.8, or $309.9, per 1,000 cubic meters,” Ukraine’s Economic Development and Trade Ministry said on its website with reference to the fiscal service.