KYIV, Jan 28 - Ukrainian gas traders have begun preparing for testing gas exports to Central Europe after the approval by the National Commission for Energy, Housing and Utilities Services Regulation (NCER) of the temporary tariffs of Ukrtransgaz for the transportation of natural gas for entry and exit points.

According to the report of the ICIS international analytical agency, which cites its source, several Ukrainian companies, whose names are not specified, plan to examine the readiness of the Ukrainian gas transmission operator Ukrtransgaz and customs regimes for new types of operations on exports to Hungary and Slovakia.