ArmInfo.In 2022, Armenia increased natural gas imports by 6.4% - up to 2,965,818.1 cubic meters, while the customs value of imported natural gas increased by 9.6%, amounting to $504.8 million. This is evidenced by the data of the RA Customs Service, according to which Armenia traditionally imports natural gas from Russia (87.7%) and Iran (12.1%).
In particular, 2,599,599.8 cubic meters were received from Russia. natural gas (an annual growth of 6.1%), and the customs value of this volume amounted to $443.2 million (annual growth of 9.7%). From Iran, natural gas imports increased by 7.9% - up to 366,218.4 cubic meters, with an increase in customs value by 8.8% - up to $60.9 million.
According to the source, the supply of liquefied gas in annual terms increased by 22.7% - up to 90,257.6 tons, with an increase in customs value by 28.2% - up to $37.6 million. Liquefied gas is supplied to Armenia from Russia (90.3%) , Iran (9.2%) Iraq (0.5%), very small volumes were supplied from the UAE, Greece, China, Turkey, the Republic of Korea, Italy and Germany.
In particular, imports of liquefied gas from Russia increased 4.1 times - up to 81,503 tons, with an increase in customs value by 3.3 times - up to $ 34.3 million. Imports of liquefied gas from Iran decreased significantly - by 80.7% to 8,259 .4 tons, with a decline in customs value by 79.2% - to $3.1 million. Imports of liquefied gas from Iraq decreased by 95.5% to 483.2 tons, with a similar decline in customs value - to $178.6 thousand.
It should be noted that according to the data of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures of the Republic of Armenia, following the results of 2022, within the framework of the indicative balance, Armenia received 155 thousand tons of motor gasoline and the same amount of diesel fuel from the Russian Federation
