site.btaCheck at Lukoil Neftochim Burgas and Other Tax Warehouses Establishes 126,890,694 l of Crude Oil Originating in Russia

As of January 1, 2024, 126,890,694 l of crude oil originating in or exported from Russia, and imported in Bulgaria on the basis of an exception from a EU ban on Russian oil, are available in Bulgaria, the Customs Agency said Tuesday. The figure is based on a check by the customs authorities carried out on the first day of the year at Lukoil Neftohim Burgas and over 50 other tax warehouses.

According to the data, the available crude oil originating in or exported from Russia, that has been imported in Bulgaria after December 5, 2022, on the basis of the exception from the EU ban, is 126,890,694 l of the total of 473,268,974 l of crude oil available in this country.

The check involved 150 customs officers and was carried out in keeping with the Act on Control over the Application of the Restrictive Measures in View of Russia's Actions Destabilizing the Situation in Ukraine. The main objective was to inventory the available quantities of oil imported on the basis of the derogation. 

In December, lawmakers decided to ban the export of products produced from Russian oil from January 1, 2024, and then ban Russian oil imports to Bulgaria from March 1.