Baku, Azerbaijan, July 4
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
Turkey imported 3.38 million tons of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in 2017, which is 0,93 percent less compared to the results of 2016, the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey told Trend July 4.
The Ministry noted that, the largest share of LPG imports in 2017 fell on Algeria, which is 27.86 percent more compared to the results of 2016.
"The market share of the LPG imported from Algeria in 2017 amounted to 40.81 percent, for comparison, the share of the LPG imported from Algeria in 2016 was 31.62 percent," the Ministry stated.
Schedule of volumes of LPG imports for 2016-2017:
|
Countries |
2016 |
2017 |
Difference (%) |
||
|
Import (tons) |
Market share (%) |
Import (tons) |
Market share (%) |
||
|
Algeria |
1 080 556 |
31.62 |
1 381 626 |
40.81 |
27.86 |
|
Norway |
615 587 |
18.01 |
801 668 |
23.68 |
30.23 |
|
US |
381 775 |
11.17 |
439 338 |
12.98 |
15.08 |
|
Kazakhstan |
489 263 |
14.32 |
385 198 |
11.38 |
-21.27 |
|
Russia |
683 728 |
20.01 |
287 212 |
8.48 |
-57.99 |
|
Nigeria |
53 352 |
1.56 |
39 691 |
1.17 |
-25.60 |
|
Ukraine |
25 069 |
0.73 |
17 241 |
0.51 |
-31.23 |
|
Greece |
2 168 |
0.06 |
8 988 |
0.27 |
314.49 |
|
France |
69 359 |
2.03 |
5 516 |
0.16 |
-92.05 |
|
St. Kitts and Nevis |
0 |
0.00 |
5 373 |
0.16 |
- |
|
Libya |
0 |
0.00 |
5 120 |
0.15 |
- |
|
Malta |
0 |
0.00 |
4 702 |
0.14 |
- |
|
Italy |
0 |
0.00 |
2 567 |
0.08 |
- |
|
Great Britain |
300 |
0.01 |
1 495 |
0.04 |
398.17 |
|
Romania |
3 857 |
0.11 |
0 |
0.00 |
-100 |
|
Angola |
12 569 |
0.37 |
0 |
0.00 |
-100 |
|
Total |
3 417 583 |
100 |
3 385 734 |
100 |
-0.93 |
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