Russia boosts seaborne shipments of hydrocarbons to China by 25% in 9M 2022 - Deputy Transportation Minister

MOSCOW. Nov 29 (Interfax) - Russia boosted seaborne shipments of hydrocarbons to China by 25% to 87 million tonnes in 9M 2022, Deputy Transportation Minister Alexander Poshivay said at the IV Russia-China Energy Business Forum in Moscow.

"Russia exported 70 million tonnes of hydrocarbons to China in the first nine months of 2021. In the first nine months of 2022, Russia shipped 87.5 million tonnes of energy resources via sea, which was 25% more than the same period last year," Poshivay said, attributing the increase mostly to oil shipments.