Belarus reduces Russian crude import by 43.5% in Jan-Apr 2020 to $518.689m
<p> MINSK, Jun 22 - PrimePress. Belarus reduced the import of Russian crude oil in January-April 2020 by 43.5% year on year to $518.689 million, the National Statistics Committee of Belarus (Belstat) reports. </p> <p> </p> <p> The physical volume of imported oil decreased in Jan-Apr 2020 by 46.3% yoy to 3.216 million tonnes. </p> <p> </p> <p> Belstat reported the import of 200,000 tonnes of Norwegian oil in Jan-Apr 2020. Belarus did not import oil from Norway in Jan-Apr 2019. The average price of oil imported to Belarus in Jan-Apr 2020 was down 38.3% yoy to $147 per tonne. </p> <p> </p> <p> As reported, in January 2020, Belarus purchased 538 tonnes of oil from Kazakhstan worth $195,300 at $370 per tonne. Belarus did not buy oil from Kazakhstan in January 2019. </p> <p> </p> <p> Belarus and the Russian Federation agreed in December 2019 on the supply of 24 million tonnes of oil in 2020. However, due to price disagreements in Jan-Mar 2020, Belarus did not enter into long-term contracts with Russian oil companies. </p> <p> </p> <p> Belarus reduced the import of Russian oil in 2019 by 3.5% yoy to $6.58 billion; in physical terms – by 1.4% to 17.998 million tonnes. The average price of Russian oil for Belarus stood at $365.64 per tonne in 2019, down 2.2% from 2018. End </p>
2020-06-23
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MINSK, Jun 22 - PrimePress. Belarus reduced the import of Russian crude oil in January-April 2020 by 43.5% year on year to $518.689 million, the National Statistics Committee of Belarus (Belstat) reports.
The physical volume of imported oil decreased in Jan-Apr 2020 by 46.3% yoy to 3.216 million tonnes.
Belstat reported the import of 200,000 tonnes of Norwegian oil in Jan-Apr 2020. Belarus did not import oil from Norway in Jan-Apr 2019. The average price of oil imported to Belarus in Jan-Apr 2020 was down 38.3% yoy to $147 per tonne.
As reported, in January 2020, Belarus purchased 538 tonnes of oil from Kazakhstan worth $195,300 at $370 per tonne. Belarus did not buy oil from Kazakhstan in January 2019.
Belarus and the Russian Federation agreed in December 2019 on the supply of 24 million tonnes of oil in 2020. However, due to price disagreements in Jan-Mar 2020, Belarus did not enter into long-term contracts with Russian oil companies.
Belarus reduced the import of Russian oil in 2019 by 3.5% yoy to $6.58 billion; in physical terms – by 1.4% to 17.998 million tonnes. The average price of Russian oil for Belarus stood at $365.64 per tonne in 2019, down 2.2% from 2018. End