
According to the results of H1 2021, Moldova ranked 2nd in terms of the volume of natural gas purchases from Gazprom among the former USSR countries, 4th among the Central Europe countries and 8th among the Western Europe countries.
According to the quarterly report of Gazprom, in particular, in January-June 2021, Belarus purchased the largest volume of natural gas from Gazprom among the former USSR countries - 10.08 billion cubic meters. Moldova ranked 2nd with an import index of 1 billion 698 million cubic meters of Russian natural gas. Kazakhstan ranked 3d, having purchased 1 billion 532 million cubic meters of gas. Further, in terms of the volume of purchases of Russian gas in the first half of 2021, follow: Armenia - 1.15 billion cubic meters, Latvia - 1.04 billion cubic meters, Lithuania - 345 million cubic meters, Kyrgyzstan - 186 million cubic meters, Estonia - 38 million cubic meters, Georgia - 4 million cubic meters. Ukraine during the specified period did not purchase gas from Gazprom. At the same time, according to the information provided by Gazprom, Moldova in the first half of 2021 in terms of the volume of natural gas purchases from Gazprom ranked 4th among the countries of Central Europe after Poland (5.22 billion cubic meters), Hungary (3.91 billion cubic meters) and Slovakia (2.48 billion cubic meters), as well as 8th among the countries of Western Europe (where the Russian gas holding also included Turkey), after: Germany (28.87 billion cubic meters), Turkey (14.62 billion cubic meters), Italy (11.39 billion cubic meters), France (6.58 billion cubic meters), Austria (5.39 billion cubic meters), the Netherlands (4.21 billion cubic meters) and Great Britain (1.73 billion cubic meters). // 13.10.2021 - InfoMarket