Autogas from Russia continues to be supplied to Ukraine
Baltic and Polish traders selling cheap liquefied carbon gas (LPG, autogas) of Russian origin continue to take over the Ukrainian market, pushing out other suppliers. This was reported on March 18 by the specialized Kiev publication enkorr.
Earlier, media in Poland reported that Polish state-owned companies PKN Orlen and PKP Cargo are making money from the supply of Russian autogas, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
In the first twelve days of March 2023, Ukrainian companies cleared 23 thousand tons of LPG through customs. Approximately 16 thousand tons of product from this volume, according to enkorr estimates, were of Russian origin. Moreover, it is transported mainly in road tanks, since since the beginning of the year the share of LPG imports by rail has decreased from 40% to 25%.
“Since now 80% of the supply volume is a resource of Russian origin, which travels from close bases (the border of Belarus and Poland) or from the Baltic countries (with the need to change the railway track from 1520/1435/1520), then the need for supplies by rail No. Moreover, in the central and eastern regions of Ukraine, the price of autogas is the same as in the west of the country, because Ukrainian producers are trying to compete with the Russian product. Therefore, deliveries to these regions by rail are also impractical,” said Vladislav Kolodyazhny, head of the GT group, in a comment to enkorr.
Previously, Kolodyazhny demanded the introduction of an embargo on the import of autogas to Ukraine not only from the territory of the Russian Federation, as now, but also of Russian origin. At the same time, in Poland they have a different opinion and continue to make money from the supply of Russian LPG to Ukraine.
As the Polish portal Business Insider reported recently, Russian autogas is being bought on the Polish market by the state oil and gas concern PKN Orlen as a cheaper alternative to LPG from the West. In turn, the state transport company PKP Cargo makes money from its transshipment. “The introduction of an embargo on Russian LPG at the national level would pose a serious threat to companies and the state budget,” the Polish Ministry of Climate explained to Business Insider.
Как reported PolitNavigator, in January 2023, the Polish concern PKN Orlen was the largest recipient of Russian oil among all companies in the EU.
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