Russian boosts LNG exports 60% in 11M, oil up 0.5% - customs
MOSCOW. Jan 14 (Interfax) - Russia exported 246.6 million tonnes of oil to non-CIS countries in January-November 2018, 0.5% more than in the same period in 2017r, the Federal Customs Service (FCS) said.
Natural gas exports rose 6% to 202.2 billion cubic meters (bcm). Exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) jumped nearly 60% to 35.1 million cubic meters.
Fuel and energy accounted for 64.3% of Russian exports (compared with 60.3% a year previously), including 68.3% of exports to non-CIS countries (64.6%) and 36.2% to the CIS (32.8%).
Overall fuel and energy exports to non-CIS countries grew 36.1% in value and 5.4% in natural terms.
Exports in natural terms increased 18.9% for kerosene and 10.2% for bituminous coal. Exports declined 8.9% in natural terms for coke and 8.8% for liquid fuels.
Russian oil, petroleum product and gas exports:
| 11M 2018 | 11M 2018/11M 2017, % | Nov 2018 | Nov 2018/Oct 2018, % | |||||
| '000 tonnes | $ mln | volume | value | '000 tonnes | $ mln | volume | value | |
| Crude oil | 236 589,5 | 118 420,5 | 100,5 | 138,0 | 22 950,2 | 11 736,8 | 102,4 | 94,3 |
| Petroleum products | 138 448,6 | 72 138,8 | 100,4 | 134,9 | 11 787,4 | 6 878,6 | 103,7 | 106,1 |
| Gasoline | 3 851,1 | 2 267,9 | 97,4 | 120,8 | 294,7 | 181,1 | 83,0 | 80,1 |
| Diesel, not containing biodiesel | 51 024,5 | 30 892,7 | 108,6 | 145,7 | 4 499,0 | 2 978,1 | 113,8 | 113,5 |
| Liquid fuels, not containing biodiesel | 53 850,8 | 21 307,7 | 86,0 | 112,6 | 4 353,1 | 1 975,4 | 95,4 | 98,0 |
| Liquefied natural gas, mcm | 35,1 | 4 975,4 | 158,0 | 171,6 | 1,8 | 340,0 | 43,2 | 71,5 |
| Natural gas in gaseous form, bcm | 202,2 | 44 612,8 | 105,9 | 130,1 | 18,7 | 4 688,1 | 106,8 | 102,6 |
Source: FCS
Fuel and energy accounted for 0.9% of all imports in volume terms in 11M 2018, unchanged from a year earlier, including 0.5% of imports from the non-CIS (unchanged) and 4.2% of imports from the CIS (4.6%).
The imports increased 5.6% by value but fell 2.3% by volume.
Russian oil, petroleum product and gas imports:
| 11M 2018 | 11M 2018/11M 2017, % | Nov 2018 | Nov 2018/Oct 2018, % | |||||
| '000 tonnes | $ mln | volume | value | '000 tonnes | $ mln | volume | value | |
| Coal | 498,7 | 64,2 | 87,7 | 104,4 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0 | 0 |
| Crude oil | 484,4 | 841,8 | 72,7 | 102,4 | 39,4 | 72,3 | 83,0 | 83,8 |
| Petroleum products | 6,9 | 3,5 | 21,8 | 24,6 | 2,3 | 1,2 | 140,4 | 153,4 |
| Diesel, not containing biodiesel | 55,2 | 35,5 | 36,8 | 53,4 | 2,2 | 1,6 | 61,4 | 71,7 |
| Liquid fuels, not containing biodiesel | 0,7 | 0,3 | 2,4 | 5,2 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diesel, containing biodiesel | 0,0 | 0,0 | - | - | ||||
| Liquid fuels, containing biodiesel | 22,6 | 0,0 | - | - | ||||
| Natural gas, bcm | 8,5 | 152,7 | 106,7 | 123,1 | 0,8 | 16,3 | 133,0 | 137,4 |
| Electricity, mln kWh | 5 063,7 | 82,9 | 86,8 | 83,9 | 103,9 | 3,1 | 103,2 | 172,1 |
Source: FCS