The duty on oil exports from Russia lowed by four dollars.
According to the documents of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation the duty on oil export from the Russian Federation from June 1 was reduced by $ 4 - to $ 80 per ton.
The preferential duty rate for oil for the Eastern Siberia, the Caspian and the Prirazlomnoye fields was set to null from February 1, 2015 due to a change in the duty calculation following the tax maneuver. These rates, according to the adopted formula, will remain at zero level, if the average oil price will be below $ 76. From June 1 the export duty on high-viscosity oil decreased to $ 12.2 from $ 12.9 per ton in May.
The duty on other light oil products, as well as lubricating oils, decreased from $ 25.2 to $ 24 per ton, to dark oil products without oils and coke - from $ 84 to $ 80 per ton.