Export volumes of diesel fuel from the Russian Federation during March 2023 may become the largest since the beginning of 2016, despite the effect of European Union sanctions on Russian oil products, writes Bloomberg citing data from Vortexa Ltd.

According to them, during the first 19 days of this month, the aggressor state sent about 1.5 million barrels of diesel per day from its ports. If the pace of deliveries continues, March will be a record since the beginning of 2016 for Russian exports of this type of fuel..

" Local producers seem to be fairly confident that they can sell the available volumes to foreign buyers - the discounts offered are quite high, and there are new markets for fuel,"

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According to Bloomberg, after the Russians were deprived of the European market for trade, a significant part of the purchases falls on Turkey.. Among the importers of fuel from Russia are also Morocco, Brazil, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia.

At the same time, against the background of the introduction of new EU sanctions, a significant increase in the volume of the aggressor's diesel fuel in " The publication suggests that this may indicate difficulties in finding new customers..

They also added that the " Loading plans for the main ports of the Russian Federation for April 2023 testify to the drop in performance.

Earlier it became known that since the beginning of a full-scale war in Ukraine, Spain has increased imports of liquefied natural gas from Russia by 84%.