MOSCOW- Russian gas producer Gazprom said on Monday it exported 64.4 billion cubic metres of natural gas to countries outside of the former Soviet Union in the first four months of 2019, 8.4 percent less than it did in the same period last year.

The company said its natural gas output stood at 181 billion cubic metres, up 2.1 percent from a year earlier.

(Reporting by Maria Tsvetkova; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Jason Neely) ((Tom.Balmforth@thomsonreuters.com;))