Turkmenistan has increased gas supplies to China by one and a half times

May 21, 2022 | 20:28 |13502

Turkmenistan in January-April 2022 increased natural gas exports to China by 1.53 times in monetary terms compared to the same period in 2021, TASS writes with reference to the Main Customs Administration of the People's Republic of China.

In four months, $2.87 billion worth of Turkmen blue fuel was exported to China, which once again secured the status of Ashgabat as the largest supplier of pipeline gas to this country.

Russia ranks second in terms of gas supplies to China via the pipeline ($1.04 billion), Myanmar is third ($405.1 million), Kazakhstan is fourth ($270.6 million), Uzbekistan is fifth (132.8 million). Russia has increased gas supplies to China by 2.67 times in four months of this year.

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