Union of Oil Products Importers reported the imports of petroleum bitumen amounted to 77.2 thousand tons in 9M2022, which was 7.7 thousand tons or 9.1% less compared to the same period of 2021 (84.9 thousand tons).
During the first 9 months of the current year, the largest volume of oil bitumen import was carried out from Azerbaijan - 48.9 thousand tons, which was 63.3% of all imports, followed by Iraq - 12.9 thousand tons (16.7%); Turkey - 11.2 thousand tons (14.5%); Turkmenistan - 3.2 thousand tons (4.1%); Russia - 1.0 thousand tons (1.3%).
During the months of January-September 2022, the import of liquefied gas (LPG) amounted to 28.6 thousand tons, which was 0.5 thousand tons or 1.8% more compared to the indicator of the same period last year (28.1 thousand tons).
During 9 months of the current year, 99.7% (28.5 thousand tons) of liquefied gas (LPG) imports were made from the Russian Federation.