Ukraine Pulls Plug On Belarusian Electricity Imports - Reports

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 01st December, 2019) Ukraine stopped importing Belarusian electricity on Sunday after its price topped that paid in the domestic market, a source in the industry told the Ekonomichna Pravda newspaper.

"Imports from Belarus fell to zero at midnight. Traders are no longer importing [electricity]. Belarusian [imports] are more expensive than [electricity] in our market," the market source said.

Ukraine imports a fraction of what it consumes � 0.1 percent to 1.7 percent, according to the paper. Imports from Russia stand at 16 megawatt at night and rise up to 300 megawatt during the day.