Azerbaijan ranked first among the largest gas importers to Turkey in May, local media reported with reference to Turkish Energy Market Regulatory Authority on July 29, EDNews.net reports citing AzerNews.
According to the statement, in May, Turkey imported 881 million cubic meters of natural gas from Azerbaijan, which is a decrease by 35 million cubic meters compared to April.
Moreover, Turkey received 4.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Azerbaijan in the period between January and May.
It should be noted that last year natural gas imports to Turkey from Azerbaijan amounted to 9.5 billion cubic meters.
Earlier, it was reported that Azerbaijan’s share in the total volume of gas supplies to Turkey in 2019 amounted to 21.2 percent.
Additionally, Azerbaijan supplied 63.2 billion cubic meters of gas to Turkey during the period of 2009-2019.