Moldova (excluding Transnistria) in 2020, compared to 2019, increased the volume of purchases of natural gas in physical terms by 6.6% - to 1 billion 127 million cubic meters.
The National Energy Regulatory Agency informed that, at the same time, in value terms, the volume of gas purchases in January-December 2020, compared to the same period of the previous year, decreased by 31.7% - to 2 billion 934.9 million lei, which was the result of a 35.9% decrease in the purchase price of gas from 4064 lei (in lei equivalent, excluding VAT) for 1 thousand cubic meters in 2019 to 2604 lei per 1 thousand cubic meters in 2020. According to ANRE, in 2020, versus 2019, the volume of gas supplies to the end consumers of the country in physical terms increased by 3% - up to 1 billion 046.3 million cubic meters, and in value terms - decreased by 1.9% - to 4 billion 741.3 million lei. At the same time, the population in 2020, relative to the previous year, increased gas consumption in physical terms by 7.2% - up to 372.7 million cubic meters, and in monetary terms - by 3.3% - up to 1 billion 875.9 million lei. The energy sector enterprises used 371.4 million cubic meters of gas in January-December 2020 worth 1 billion 610.2 million lei. At the same time, versus the same period of the previous year, their gas consumption in 2020 in physical terms increased by 1.9%, and in monetary terms - by 1.8%. Gas consumption by budgetary institutions decreased by 9.3% in physical terms and by 13.5% in monetary terms. They used 41.5 million cubic meters of gas in 2020 worth 202.8 million lei. At the same time, business entities that do not work in the energy sector in 2020, compared to the previous year, increased gas consumption in physical terms by 1.3% - to 260.6 million cubic meters, and in monetary terms - they reduced consumption by 12.4% - to 1 billion 052.3 million lei. // 24.02.2021 - InfoMarket.
