19 May 2004 02:01
Fradkov authorizes oil export duty hike from June 1 (Part 2)
MOSCOW. May 19 (Interfax) - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov signed a government resolution authorizing an
increase in the export duty for crude oil and oil products obtained from bituminous rock from $35.1 to $41.6 a tonne
from June 1.
A government spokesman said Fradkov signed the resolution on May 17.
The export duty also goes up, from $31.7 to $37.5 a tonne, for light and medium distillates, gasoils, liquid fuel,
propane and butane, but a month after the government resolution's offocial publication. [RU ASIA EUROPE EEU EMRG
ENR CRU POL TRD] pr
[Interfax] |
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