Turkey鈥檚 liquefied petroleum gas production decreased聽by 11.45 percent for December 2014, according to the country's energy marketing watchdog.
Turkish聽refineries鈥� total聽LPG production decreased聽to around聽53,983聽tons聽for December alone and annual exports decreased by 10.6聽percent to about 243,227聽tons compared to December聽2013, according to the report released by the聽Energy Marketing Regulatory Authority.
Turkey聽imported聽LPG聽from eight countries in December 2014 鈥� Algeria, Russia, Norway, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Ukraine, France and Turkey鈥檚 free trade area.
Turkey's聽LPG聽exports increased by 46.4聽percent to about 32,422聽tons for December with only Switzerland, Northern Cyprus聽and Turkey's free trade areas making any imports,聽the聽report said.
The amount of autogas sold in Turkey聽over the same period in聽2014 was聽230,106聽tons. Additionally, 66,479聽tons of bottled聽LPG聽and 7,205聽tons of bulk聽LPG聽were sold to聽Turkish customers.
By Murat Temizer
Anadolu Agency
murat.temizer@aa.com.tr