KIEV, Aug. 3 - Stirol, a major Ukrainian chemicals company, has suspended the production of cabamide, ammonium nitrate and ammonia, Oleksandr Shatokhin, director of the company's Azotexport department, told Interfax.

Shatokhin did not say why production had been suspended. He said production would be resumed then "the issue of gas prices is resolved."

Stirol produces natural gas for its own needs and for subsidiaries of Naftogaz Ukrayiny, he said.