BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec. 16
By Fidan Babayeva – Trend:
Azerbaijan exported 550,741 tons of oil and petroleum products to Belarus from January through October 2020, the State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan told Trend.
According to the committee, the export of oil and petrochemicals was carried out in the amount of over $146.4 million.
Oil supplies from Azerbaijan to Belarus were carried out in 2011 as well. The contract provided for the supply of 4 million tons, but the actual volume of shipments was about 900,000 tons.
Exports of Azerbaijani oil to Belarus in the south direction via Ukraine were resumed due to the lack of imports from large Russian companies due to price differences.
Due to the absence of oil supplies from Russia, Belarus began its alternative import - through the port of Klaipeda by rail to the Naftan refinery and through the port of Odessa to the Mozyr refinery through the Odessa-Brody and Brody-Mozyr oil pipelines.
Alternative oil supplies also started from Norway and Azerbaijan. In May, Belneftekhim started importing oil from Saudi Arabia and the US.