ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, November 22. Turkmenistan has secured the top position in the supply of natural gas to China through a pipeline, from January through October of this year, Trend reports.
According to the data of the General Administration of Customs of China, Turkmenistan supplied $8.07 billion worth of natural gas through pipelines to China during the specified period.
Russia is in second place in terms of pipeline gas supplies to China, which increased supplies by 73 percent year-on-year, reaching the value mark of $5.36 billion.
Myanmar ($1.23 billion), Kazakhstan ($1.08 billion) and Uzbekistan ($454.44 million) come next.
Meanwhile, China imported 96.51 million tons of natural gas from January through October 2023 - 8.8 percent more than in the same period of 2022
Turkmenistan exported $10.25 billion worth of natural gas to China via pipelines last year, which is 51 percent more than in 2021.
Turkmenistan supplies its gas to China through three gas pipelines, passing through Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan before reaching China. The total capacity of these pipelines is 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year.