Import Of Russian Oil Products To Belarus Decreases By 100 Times

Moscow has repeatedly accused Minsk of re-exporting Russian oil products.

According to the estimates of the National Statistics Committee, in January Belarus imported only 3.6 thousand tons of oil products from Russia. Last year, over the same period, more than 350 thousand tons were imported, Belsat reports.

The reason for this fall was the new balance of mutual deliveries of oil and petroleum products, which, in particular, do not provide for the supply of petrol, diesel fuel and fuel oil. Earlier, Moscow repeatedly accused Minsk of re-exporting Russian oil products. As a result, the Kremlin decided to abandon the supply of oil products to our country.

Imports of Russian oil in January amounted to 1.55 million tons, which is 0.5% lower than last year. At the same time, the value of imports decreased to $ 529 million (89% of the cost level in January 2018).

The volume of the Belarusian exports of petroleum products decreased significantly, by 13.8% to 1 million tons. At the same time, in monetary terms, the supply volumes decreased by 14.9% - to $ 482.4 million. The main consumers of the Belarusian oil refining products are the UK, the Netherlands and Ukraine.

The volume of exports of the Belarusian oil remained at the same level - 138 thousand tons, but the volume of proceeds from export, by contrast, declined - by 13.4%, to $ 58.13 million.