The transit of natural gas via Ukraine to Europe dropped 10.4% to 69 billion cubic meters in January-August 2007 compared with the same period last year, Ukrtransgaz said in a press release according to Interfax.
The main reason for the drop in transit to Europe was a drop in European consumption of gas because of the warm winter, the release says.
The transit of gas to the CIS via Ukraine dropped 78.26% to 2 bcm in the eight months. The transit of gas for domestic consumers dropped 12.6% to 36.1 bcm.
Ukrtransgaz is Ukraine's monopoly gas transport system operator.