In March, oil transit through Ukraine increased by 12.8% compared to February to 3,140 thousand tons, reports "Ukrainian News". \n \nDnipro oil pipelines increased oil transit by 23.5% to 1,256 thousand tons. The "Druzhba" pipeline also increased transit by 6.6% to 1,884 thousand tons. Oil transit through Ukraine in March increased by 2.6% compared to March 2004. In January-March, oil transit through Ukraine increased by 3% compared to the corresponding period of 2004 to 8,481 thousand tons. \n \nRecall that in February, oil transit increased compared to January by 8.9% to 2,784 thousand tons. In 2004, oil transit through Ukraine decreased by 2% compared to 2003 to 32,543 thousand tons.