Italy’s natural gas imports from Azerbaijan surge

Azerbaijan's gas supplies to Italy through the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) amounted to 3.413 billion cubic meters in the initial four months of 2024, up 3.1% year-on-year, Italy's Ministry of Environment and Energy Security told Report.

This figure stood at 3.311 billion cubic meters in the first four months of 2023.

Azerbaijan's share in Italy's total gas imports during the reporting period was 16.8%.

Overall, Italy imported 20.348 billion cubic meters of natural gas in January-April 2024, which is 7.3% less than the corresponding period of last year.

In April alone, Italy supplied 818 million cubic meters of gas from Azerbaijan, showing a 4.8-percent decline from the same period of 2023.

In the mentioned month, Italy bought a total of 5.398 billion cubic meters of gas, representing a decrease of 8.2 percent year-on-year.

Thus, Azerbaijan accounted for 15.2% of Italy's total gas imports in April.