According to the RF Federal Customs Service’ statistics, during the full year of 2018 Russia exported 260.2 mn tons of crude oil, up 2.9% year-on-year.
In terms of value, crude oil export grew 38.3% up to more than $129 bn.
Oil products export increased by 1.1% up to 150.1 mn tons. In terms of value it was up 34.1% to $78.1 bn.
Diesel fuel export grew by 7.6% up to more than 54.8 mn tons in terms of tonnage and by 42.9% up to $33.2 bn in terms of value.
Petrol export was down 2.9% to 4.2 mn tons in terms of tonnage and up 19.4% to some $2.5 bn in terms of value.
Natural gas export increased by 4.9% up to 220.6 bn cbm in terms of volume and by 28.8% up to $49.1 bn in terms of value.
Liquefied natural gas export surged 50.4% up to 36.7 mn tons, its value grew by 66.6% up to almost $5.3 bn.