The Russian Ministry of Energy does not yet plan to completely lift the ban on diesel fuel exports. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Energy Nikolai Shulginov. Interfax.
According to him, at the moment only the removal of restrictions on the supply of summer diesel fuel abroad is being discussed. The ban on the export of winter products will continue.
At the end of September, the government banned the export of petroleum products from the country due to rising prices. Later some relaxations were made, for example in early October the restrictions were adjusted: the export of diesel fuel to ports via pipelines is now allowed to companies that supply at least 50% of the fuel produced to the domestic market, and finally restrictions on the export of gasoline in the Week were lifted.
According to some analysts, the current relaxations in fuel exports will bring There was a sharp decline in fuel prices. According to Sergei Kondratyev, head of the economics department at the Institute of Energy and Finance, in the current situation, the ruble exchange rate and the decline in oil prices have a greater impact on fuel.
Formerly Ministry of Energy named The condition for the complete lifting of the fuel export ban.