Russia boosts oil exports to non-CIS 2.9% in 10 mths; gas down 31.1% - customs
MOSCOW. Dec 4 (Interfax) - Russia exported 175.48 million tonnes of oil to non-CIS countries in the first 10 months of 2009, up 2.9% year-on-year, the Federal Customs Service (FCS) said.
Petroleum product exports in tonnage rose 7.6%, including growth of 11% for gasoline, 9.4% for diesel and 6.7% for fuel oil.
Fuel and energy exports 45.2% year-on-year in value terms.
Fuel and energy accounted for 69.6% of Russian exports to the non-CIS in the 10 months, compared with 73.1% in the same period last year.
Oil shipments to the CIS fell 14.3% year-on-year to 12.318 million tonnes. Oil product exports fell 36%, including diesel - 48.5%, fuel oil - 65% and gasoline - 6.7%.
Fuel and energy exports to the CIS fell 47% in value terms in the 10 months.
Fuel and energy accounted for 39.2% of exports to the CIS, down from 42.1% in January-October 2008.
Russia exported 112.1 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas in January-October 2009. Gas exports to the non-CIS fell 31.1% to 92.4 bcm, while exports to the CIS rose 47.1% to 19.7 bcm.
Oil and product exports from Russia in January-October 2009:
| Total | Non-CIS | CIS | ||||
| '000 tonnes | $ mln | '000 tonnes | $ mln | '000 tonnes | $ mln | |
| Crude oil | 187 797.8 | 73 701.4 | 175480.0 | 69836.9 | 12317.8 | 3864.5 |
| Petroleum products | 100 713.9 | 37 082.5 | 96413.3 | 35438.7 | 4300.6 | 1643.8 |
| Gasoline | 3 973.0 | 1 580.9 | 2528.6 | 1075.0 | 1444.4 | 505.9 |
| Diesel fuel | 31 293.6 | 14 374.5 | 29994.4 | 13833.1 | 1299.2 | 541.4 |
| Fuel oil | 52 969.6 | 15 571.6 | 52412.4 | 15429.9 | 557.2 | 141.7 |
| Natural gas, bcm | 112.1 | 29 575.5 | 92.4 | - | 19.7 | - |
Oil and product imports to Russia in January-October 2009:
| Total | Non-CIS | CIS | ||||
| '000 tonnes | $ mln | '000 tonnes | $ mln | '000 tonnes | $ mln | |
| Crude oil | 1 435.1 | 256.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1435.1 | 256.0 |
| Petroleum products | 696.2 | 740.2 | 223.2 | 475.9 | 473.0 | 264.3 |
| Gasoline | 128.9 | 85.2 | 6.7 | 4.7 | 122.2 | 80.5 |
| Diesel fuel | 158.4 | 96.3 | 5.7 | 3.0 | 152.7 | 93.3 |
| Fuel oil | 193.2 | 83.0 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 190.8 | 82.1 |
| Natural gas, bcm | 6.8 | 133.8 | 0.0 | - | 6.8 | - |