Jan. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Consumption of natural gas fell about 10 percent in the Czech Republic last year, dampened by decline in manufacturing and a temperate climate, the country’s union of gas utilities said today in an e-mailed statement.

Czechs consumed 8.08 billion cubic meters of gas last year, down from almost 9 billion cubic meters consumed in 2010, according to the statement.

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