KIEV, Aug. 31 – The expected increase in tariffs on heat supply after the increase of gas prices in Ukraine would be 29.7% on average, First Deputy Municipal Economy Minister Hryhoriy Semchuk said.

He said that the average tariff on heat supply services would grow by 82 kopecks per square meter, while the tariff on hot running water supply would rise by UAH 4.28 per cubic meter.

Semchuk said that the increase is linked only with the increase of the price of gas in the production value of one Gcal of heat from present UAH 179.