Russian oil exports fell 0.1% in 5M, LNG soared more than 50% - customs
MOSCOW. July 8 (Interfax) - Russia exported just over 106 million tonnes of oil in January-May 2019, 0.1% less than in the same period last year, the Federal Customs Service (FCS) said.
Natural gas exports fell 4.7% to 93.4 billion cubic meters (bcm). Exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) jumped more than 50% to 25.3 billion cubic meters.
Fuel and energy accounted for 65.3% of Russian exports, compared with 64.0% a year before, with exports to non-CIS countries accounting for 69.6% (67.8% in 5M 2018) and exports to the CIS for 34.3% (37.4%).
Overall fuel and energy exports fell 0.2% in value and rose 3.1% in natural terms year-on-year.
Russian oil, petroleum product, and gas exports in 5M 2019:
| 5M 2019 | 5M 2019/5M 2018 | May 2019 | May 2-19/April 2018 | |||||
| '000 tonnes | $ mln | % change, tonnage | % change, value | '000 tonnes | $ mln | % change, tonnage | % change, value | |
| Crude oil | 106253,7 | 49070,9 | 99,9 | 98,0 | 19 050,4 | 9 657,3 | 91,7 | 96,1 |
| Petroleum products | 60529,7 | 28822,2 | 92,9 | 91,4 | 10 920,4 | 5 600,0 | 94,3 | 99,9 |
| Gasoline | 1999,3 | 1079,6 | 93,2 | 89,2 | 432,3 | 259,1 | 92,0 | 106,1 |
| Diesel, not containing biodiesel | 22245,5 | 12519,2 | 93,3 | 92,9 | 4 132,1 | 2 448,8 | 107,8 | 111,0 |
| Liquid fuel, not containing biodiesels, '000 tonnes | 24013,1 | 9017,4 | 92,6 | 95,5 | 4 313,7 | 1758,6 | 86,2 | 88,9 |
| Liquefied natural gas, bln cubic meters | 25,3 | 4019,4 | 150,2 | 176,3 | 2,2 | 378,6 | 19,3 | 22,4 |
| Natural gas in gaseous form, bln cubic meters | 93,4 | 20121,1 | 95,3 | 99,3 | 15,7 | 2 886,9 | 97,2 | 91,1 |
Fuel and energy accounted for 0.9% of all imports in natural terms, as in January-May last year, including 0.5% of all imports from the non-CIS (compared with 0.5%) and 4.0% of all imports from the CIS (4.5%).