Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept. 9 / Trend, E. Ismayilov /
The Turkish state pipeline company Botas imported 22.1 billion cubic meters of gas from a variety of sources in January-July 2013 compared to 25.24 billion cubic meters in January-July 2012, Botas said today.
In 2012, Botas imported 43.09 billion cubic meters of gas from a variety of sources compared to more than 39.7 billion cubic meters in 2011.
Turkey also imports gas from Azerbaijan, which is supplied via the South Caucasus gas pipeline (Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum).
Botas exported 358 million cubic meters of gas in January-July compared to 349 million cubic meters in January-July last year.
Last year, Botas's export indices reached 622 million cubic meters of gas compared to 726 million cubic meters in 2011.
In January-July 2013, some 21.78 billion cubic meters of gas were sold in the domestic market of Turkey compared to 24.21 billion cubic meters of gas in January-July last year.
Some 41.44 billion cubic meters of gas were sold in the Turkish domestic market in 2012 compared to 39.4 billion cubic meters of gas in 2011.