Xinhua, Urumqi :
Natural gas imports to China through northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have grown this year, local customs said.
As of the end of August, more than 16.75 million tons of natural gas had been imported through Xinjiang this year, up 15.58 percent year on year. Trade volume totaled 28.1 billion yuan (about 4.5 billion U.S. dollars).
Eighty percent of the imported gas came from Turkmenistan, and the rest was imported from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Russia.
Natural gas imports to China through northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have grown this year, local customs said.
As of the end of August, more than 16.75 million tons of natural gas had been imported through Xinjiang this year, up 15.58 percent year on year. Trade volume totaled 28.1 billion yuan (about 4.5 billion U.S. dollars).
Eighty percent of the imported gas came from Turkmenistan, and the rest was imported from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Russia.
