Russia Ships in Indian Gasoline After Ukrainian Attacks, With 60,000 Tonnes Already Dispatched
AI Market Summary
Ukrainian drone strikes disrupting Russian refining have created acute domestic gasoline shortages, forcing Russia to import seaborne product from India and potentially ~400k tonnes/month from multiple sources. This is an unusual trade reversal that signals tangible downstream supply stress and higher logistics costs, partially offset by newly approved import subsidies. The episode highlights near-term, verifiable supply-side tightness in refined products, supporting crude and product crack sensitivity.
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Russia has started importing at least 60,000 metric tonnes of gasoline from India by sea after Ukrainian drone attacks on refineries tightened domestic supply, and it plans monthly imports of around 400,000 tonnes. Parliament has approved import subsidies tied to Indian delivery costs and fuel prices, improving the economics of buying fuel from India. India’s Russian crude imports rose to about 2.70 million barrels per day in June, accounting for more than half of its total oil imports.
