Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.20 / Trend A.Taghiyeva/
Liquefied gas import into Turkey in December 2011 decreased by 28,600 tons, or 11.6 per cent less than the same period of 2010, Turkey's Energy Market Regulatory Authority reported on its website on Monday.
Exporter countries |
December 2010 |
December 2011 |
Difference in % |
Import volume (1,000 tons) |
Import volume (1,000 tons) |
||
Algeria |
91,237 |
65,331 |
-39.6 |
Russia |
44,572 |
49,211 |
9.4 |
Norway |
46,790 |
45,908 |
- 4.9 |
Kazakhstan |
42,370 |
36,630 |
-15.6 |
Nigeria |
3,927 |
26,883 |
89 |
Qatar |
25,580 |
13,281 |
- 92.6 |
Ukraine |
13,616 |
8,616 |
2.5 |
Saudi Arabia |
3,791 |
0 |
-100 |
France |
2,699 |
0 |
-100 |
Greece |
5 |
0 |
-100 |
Total |
274,588 |
245,861 |
11.6 |
Export of liquefied gas from Turkey in December 2011 increased by 6,582 tones, which is 37 percent more than the same period of 2010.
Importer countries |
December 2010 |
December 2011 |
Difference in % |
Export volume (1,000 tons) |
Export volume (1,000 tons) |
||
Free zone |
4,443 |
8,031 |
74 |
North Cyprus |
3,400 |
4,950 |
31 |
Tunisia |
0 |
3,596 |
100 |
Bulgaria |
116 |
832 |
97 |
Macedonia |
0 |
173 |
100 |
Greece |
437 |
55 |
-47 |
Georgia |
0 |
40 |
100 |
Syria |
2,699 |
0 |
-100 |
Total |
11,095 |
17,677 |
37 |
The consumption of LPG in the domestic market in Turkey in December 2011 was 303,247 tons, which is 2.3 more than the same period of 2010.