BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 20. Azerbaijan imported 583.46 million cubic meters of natural gas from Turkmenistan from January through May 2023, Trend reports.
Based on the information provided by the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan, the cost of natural gas imports from Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan amounted to over $86.87 million, which exceeds the figure of the first five months of 2022 by 2.5 times.
Azerbaijan imported more than 226.48 million cubic meters of natural gas in the period from January through May of the previous year, for an amount exceeding $22.59 million.
Furthermore, Azerbaijan imported more than 1.38 billion cubic meters of natural gas worth $230.1 million in the first five months of this year.
Meanwhile, Azerbaijan imported more than 857 million cubic meters of natural gas worth $110.8 million from Turkmenistan last year.