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direction came mainly from Hungary. The volume of domestic production came to an average of 54.46 million cubic meters of natural gas per day. As of September 2, 2021, Ukraine had 18.22 billion cubic meters of natural gas in its underground gas storage facilities Ukrtransgaz expects that more than 19 billion cubic meters of natural gas will be pumped into Ukrainian underground gas storage facilities before the heating season starts.
Ukraine has accumulated 17 bcm of gas before the heating season" said Yuriy Vitrenko. "We are now approaching about 19 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas in our storage facilities, maybe even more. We have already exceeded the plan set by the government, which said it should be 17 bcm before the heating season" the head of Naftogaz said in an interview during the YES Brainstorming forum. According to Vitrenko, in 2016-18, Ukraine started the heating season with approximately 16 bcm in underground storage.
9.1.2 Automotive sector news
Demand for used cars up 56% in August. Ukrainians registered 51.3 thousand used cars imported from abroad in August 2021, which is 56% more than in August 2020, according to the Ukrainian Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association (Ukrautoprom). The most popular model of imported used cars’ was Volkswagen Passat, with 3,327 registrations. In second place is Renault Megane, with 2,832 used cars registrations. Volkswagen Golf took third place, with 2,697 used car registrations, followed by Skoda Octavia (2,435 cars), and Ford Focus (1,657). In total, in January-August 2021, 301 thousand imported cars from other countries were registered in Ukraine, which is 46% more than last year.
Cabinet makes changes to driving and car import issues. The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine passed a resolution on Sept. 15 to begin experiments with processing customs and VAT for individuals importing automobiles. The
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