MOSCOW- Natural gas exports of Russia's Gazprom outside the former Soviet Union edged up 4% in June from May on a daily basis to 11.446 billion cubic metres, Interfax news agency cited preliminary customs' data on Thursday.

It said the preliminary data tends to be revised up.

It also said Russian gas transit to Europe via Ukraine dropped in January-July by 44% year-on-year to 29.8 billion cubic metres.

(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; editing by David Evans) ((vladimir.soldatkin@reuters.com; +7 495 775 12 42;))