ASTANA, Kazakhstan, April 20. Kazakhstan imported 6.57 billion cubic meters of natural gas worth $159.9 million from Russia in 2023, Trend reports.
The country's Bureau of National Statistics' data shows that, compared to 2019, the volume of imports decreased by 45.4 percent.
Import dynamics from 2019 through 2023:
| Year | Volume | Cost | Difference from 2019 |
| 2019 | 12 billion cubic meters | $641.4 million | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| 2020 | 11.5 billion cubic meters | $434.4 million | - 4 percent |
| 2021 | 9.1 billion cubic meters | $272.6 million | - 23.8 percent |
| 2022 | 7.2 billion cubic meters | $195.2 million | - 40 percent |
| 2023 | 6.5 billion cubic meters | $159.9 million | - 45.4 percent |
Meanwhile, Kazakhstan's trade turnover with Russia amounted to $25.9 billion from January through December 2023, which is 3.7 percent less than in 2022.
At the same time, in the structure of trade turnover, exports to Russia for the above period amounted to $9.78 billion, which is 7.6 percent more than 2022 ($9.09 billion).
In addition, imports from Russia from January through December 2023 decreased by 9.4 percent and amounted to $16.2 billion. In 2022, imports amounted to $17.9 billion.