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South Korea Dramatically Reduce Russia Oil Imports

ENERGY SECURITY

South Korea, the world's fourth largest importer of crude oil, and a major importer of Russia oil, is on course to sharply reduce crude imports from Russia by the end of 2022 despite no official ban on imports enacted by Seoul.

  • Per S&P Global: Shipments from Russia were cut by 40% year on year in March 2022.
  • S&P Global: 'South Korean refiners indicated that they could still make purchases from Russian entities as Seoul has not officially banned any energy imports from Russia, but the companies see plenty of trade hurdles ahead, while they also aim to maintain good corporate reputations.'
Chart 1: South Korea Russian Oil Imports (Korea National Oil Corp)


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