Russia and Belarus signed a package of documents on the supply of oil, reported to the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev”s deputy prime minister Igor Sechin.

“today signed a package of documents. It changes to the Agreement on the supply of crude oil to Belarus, the technique tariff on oil sales, the balance of oil stock in 2010, a joint statement the vice-premiers of the two countries to assure uninterrupted transit” - and said . Sechin.

earlier conditions of supply of oil to Belarus by intergovernmental agreement dated January 12, 2007, which provided for in the 2007-2009 action discount factor to a standard Duty on crude oil when oil supplies to Belarus (0,356 in 2009). Coefficient of Duty in 2009 represented a value equivalent to 85% of Belarusian export duties on oil products that were due, according to the agreements listed in the budget of Russia.

sides have been negotiating the terms of oil supply in 2010 with October 2009, but by the end of the agreement failed to reach an agreement.
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Belarus counted on duty-free deliveries in January and February. At the same time, Russia”s side proposed in 2010 for domestic consumption in Belarus duty-free supply of 6.3 million tons of oil from under the balance of supply for this year, 21.5 million tons of raw materials. The remaining volume of oil imports Minsk offered to procure the payment of Russia”s total oil export duty.

Meanwhile, the Belarusian side found it impossible to export taxes generated within the customs union and agreed to an extension in the first half of 2010 of last year”s conditions of supply, ie, with a reduction factor to the standard Russia”s oil export duty. Based on the planned creation of Jul. 1, 2010 a single customs territory of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, Belarus expects the complete abolition of Russian export duties on oil from that date.

In connection with the failed negotiations at the end of the year the government press service of Russia said that the Russians would be to sell oil to Belarus from January 1, 2010, including the price of supply 100% of the standard of export duty on crude oil (in January, $ 267 per tonne). This increased the price of deliveries to 50%. Despite the absence of agreements with Minsk, Moscow continued to supply oil to Belarusian refineries. Belarusian refineries (JSC Mozyr Oil Refinery and Naftan) provided pre-paid in December, oil supplies until the end of January. Download refineries reduced by 40-50%. Belarusian oil refineries have not yet signed contracts on oil imports in February. At the same time, Russia”s side feared unauthorized selection of transit volume in the absence of arrangements.

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