This year's additional Russian crude exports move to Western markets

摘要

Russian crude exports are continuing to rise this year, with all incremental sales moving onto Western markets rather than to teh former Soviet Union. Exports totaled 27.93-mil mt (3.4-mil b/d) in Januar-February 2003, a 10.8% increased on th first two months of 2002, when foreign crude sales were 25.88-mil mt (3.2-mil b/d), the state customs committee reported Apr 7.