KIEV, June 21 - The general tariff for natural gas deliveries via pipelines will grow in Ukraine by 4.7% from the current UAH 96.3 per 1,000 cubic meters (excluding VAT here and elsewhere) starting on July 1, 2007. The Ukrainian National Electrical Power Control Commission approved the tariff increase at a meeting on Thursday.

The commission will increase the average settlement rate to deliver gas via distribution pipelines from UAH 51.3 to UAH 55.6 per 1,000 cubic meters.