Belarus’ crude oil import up 2.14 times in Jan-Mar 2021 to 4.081m tonnes

<p> MINSK, May 26 - PrimePress. Belarus increased crude oil import by 2.14 times year on year in January-March 2021 to 4.081m tonnes, and 3 times in value terms to $1.575 billion, at the average price of $386 per tonne, up 41.5% year on year, the National Statistics Committee of Belarus (Belstat) reports. </p> <p>   </p> <p> In Jan-Mar 2021, Belarus imported crude oil only from CIS member states. </p> <p>   </p> <p> In Jan-Mar 2021, Belarus imported $1.444 billion worth of oil from Russia (Belstat does not specify the physical volume of oil), which is 4 times more than in Jan-Mar 2020, and $131.01 million worth from Azerbaijan (up 2.71 times year on year). </p> <p>   </p> <p> As previously reported, Belarus reduced crude oil import by 11.12% year on year in 2020 to 16 million tonnes: Belarus imported 15.2 million tonnes of oil from CIS member states (the value has not been specified), and 0.8 million tonnes of oil worth $189.482 million from countries outside the CIS </p> <p>   </p> <p> In 2020, Belarus reduced oil imports in value terms by 40.8% to $3.890 billion from 2019. The import from the Russian Federation decreased in 2020 by 47.6% to $3.441 billion year on year. The import from Azerbaijan totalled $244.095 million; Lithuania – $72.032 million; Norway – $52.568 million; Saudi Arabia – $13.146 million; the United States – $51.735 million; Kazakhstan – $375,900. According to Belstat data, Belarus did not import oil from those countries in 2019. End </p>

2021-05-27

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