Despite its best efforts, Belarus has been...
dairy produce.Minsk earlier filed a lawsuit with the post-Soviet bloc economic court against Russia"s decision to charge duties on oil supplied to the ex-Soviet republic and refined for re-export.
Belarus has little hydrocarbon resources and depends on fuel supplies from Russia. Early this year the two ex-Soviet neighbors were involved in a dispute over oil supplies, as Moscow demanded Minsk pay full import duties on crude it refines and resells to Europe, dropping considerable subsidies.
Belarus demanded Russia supply up to 30 million metric tons of oil duty-free as part of the establishment of a customs union between the two countries and Kazakhstan.
Minsk threatened to increase transit fees for Europe-bound oil, but in late January the two sides agreed a deal under which Belarus will receive 6.3 million metric tons of oil duty-free this year. That is expected to meet the country"s domestic needs, but the volume could rise later depending on
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