Belarus' oil import up by 1.7% to 20.8m tonnes in January-November 2015

In January-November 2015 Belarus' crude oil import was up by 1.7% as against the same period a year earlier to 20.8 million tonnes, BelTA learned from the National Statistics Committee.

In January-November 2015 Belarus purchased oil worth $5.296 million. This corresponds to 72.6% of the crude oil costs paid by Belarus in January-November 2014. One tonne of crude oil cost $254.7on average as against $356.9 in January-November 2014.

In January-November 2015 Belarus imported nearly 1.4 million tonnes of petroleum products, up 4.2 times from the same period in 2014, to a total of $458.2 million. The average price was $316.7 per tonne as against $732.7 in January-November last year.

In January-November, Belarus exported almost 1.5 million tonnes of oil, down 0.2% from the same period a year earlier, to a total of $545.1 million (down almost two times).

Belarus exported 15,252,000 tonnes of petroleum products (up 21.6%) to the tune of $6.260 million ($9.189 million in January-November 2014).