BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

01/06/2007

Belarus Increases Export Duty On Crude Oil, Petroleum Products

Following an agreement with Russia earlier this year to unify duties on oil and oil products, the Belarusian government raised the crude oil export duty from $156.40 to $200.60 per ton as of June 1, RFE/RL's Belarus Service and Belapan reported on May 31. The export duties on a number of petroleum products also went up by some 25 percent. Russia revises the export duties on oil and petroleum products every two months depending on fluctuations in world oil prices. JM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2007/06/3-cee/cee-010607.asp