Brazil Began To Refuse Russian Diesel Fuel

After Trump's sanctions.

Brazil, which has become a major buyer of Russian diesel fuel that customers in Europe refused to buy, has sharply reduced imports after the U.S. sanctions under which Rosneft and Lukoil fell, writes The Moscow Times.

In November, diesel supplies from Russia to the Brazilian market fell to their lowest level since March 2023 - 187 thousand tons, experts at the Institute of Energy and Finance (IEF) have calculated. Compared to the first half of this year, the volumes were 3.5 times lower. At the same time, Brazil is replacing Russian diesel with American diesel: its imports reached 0.7 million tons, and its market share exceeded 60%.

Brazil also returned to active purchases of diesel from India (0.9 million tons in July-November against 0.2 million tons in the first half of the year), increased imports from the UAE (0.1 million tons) and for the first time purchased a batch in China in the volume of 40 thousand tons, IEF points out.

After the war began, Brazil increased its purchases of Russian diesel more than 50 times to 7.4 tons, or $5.4 billion last year. As a result, fuel from Russia has taken 60% of the Brazilian market, and for Russian oil producers, Brazil has become the second largest diesel customer after Turkey, which bought 16.8 million tons.

The smooth flow of diesel exports began to falter in late summer, when the Donald Trump administration threatened giant duties on countries for energy cooperation with the Kremlin. That raised concerns among Brazilian importers, who have become dependent on oil products from Russia, said Roberto Ardengui, head of IBP, a lobby group for Brazil's biggest energy market players.

November's U.S. sanctions further hit supplies. Oil products are exported to Brazil from Baltic ports, where Rosneft and Lukoil refineries account for about 40% of volumes, according to Wood Mackenzie.

Brazil has bought a total of 12% of Russia's exported oil products through the end of September 2025, according to Finnish center CREA, second only to Turkey (26%); China also bought 12%.

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