Starting with next January, the price of gas for industrial consumers based in the Transnistrian region will be by 10% higher. The Transnistrian administration estimates that the local budget will gain 30 million Transnistrian rubles as a result, IPN reports.
The local press quoted the so-called minister of economic development Sergey Obololonik as saying that the rise will not affect household users, social facilities and budget-funded institutions.
He noted there will be no other price rises as a consequence because the 10% increase will be applied to enterprises where the cost of energy does not exceed 5% of the cost price of production and should thus not influence the finished product prices.
It should be noted that the Transnistrian administration partially subsidizes the gas supplies for some of the industrial enterprises.
