BERLIN, Jan 8 (Reuters) - German gas imports fell slightly in 2024 compared with the year before, with Norway the largest supplier, while exports more than halved, the country's network regulator said on Wednesday.

According to preliminary figures from the Bundesnetzagentur regulator, German gas imports fell to 865 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2024 from 968 TWh in 2023.

The largest gas suppliers were Norway, at 48%, followed by the Netherlands at 25% and Belgium at 18%, it said.

Exports from Germany, on the other hand, dropped to 89 TWh in 2024 from 187 TWh the year before, with the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Austria among its most important customers.

In total, Germany consumed 844 TWh of gas last year, 3.5% more than in 2023, with 39% attributable to household and business consumption and 61% used by industrial customers.

Germany scrambled to cut its dependence on Russian gas after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, with the resulting high prices stoking inflation and raising the cost of living across Europe.

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