This is stated in the report of the State Statistics Committee on foreign trade turnover.
The Ministry of Energy refused to comment on where from and in what volume the gas was imported.
Gas exports in value terms decreased 4.7 times - from $ 2.2 billion to $ 478.1 million. This happened due to the suspension of gas exports to Russia, as well as a 3-fold decrease in supplies to China amid the coronavirus pandemic. It was only at the end of November that it became known that LUKOIL had almost completely restored gas production at projects in Uzbekistan to the design level.
According to the Statistics Committee, gas production in Uzbekistan in 2020 decreased by 10.8 BCM, or by 17.8%, to the last year - from 60.5 to 49.7 BCM.
President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev said in December:
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There is a gas deficit in Uzbekistan of 20 million m3 of gas per day
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The head of the state instructed to cut gas exports, due to this, an additional 7-8 million m3 of gas will be sold to households
For 6 months of last year, the company reported of zero imports from Uzbekistan, and in 9 months of 2020. In 2019, Gazprom bought 7.6 billion m3 of gas in Uzbekistan.
According to the draft State Program for 2021, from March 1, it is planned to abolish the duty on the import of liquefied gas and create a wholesale electricity and gas market.
Large enterprises can obtain the right to import energy resources.