{"id":196611,"date":"2026-07-21T17:30:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T14:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/196611\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T17:30:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T14:30:36","slug":"exports-of-belarusian-petroleum-products-to-georgia-soaring","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/196611\/","title":{"rendered":"Exports of Belarusian petroleum products to Georgia soaring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

July 21, Pozirk. <\/strong>Georgia imported 52,000 tons of petroleum products worth $50.9 million from Belarus in the first six months of 2026, or 34.7 times more than in the same period of the previous year, Tbilisi Life<\/em> reported on July 21, linking the surge to a drop in imports from Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Pozirk\u2019s <\/em>analysis of Georgia\u2019s official statistics, the lion\u2019s share of the Belarusian-imported petroleum products, worth $41.4 million, was supplied in the second quarter of 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus mostly supplied Georgia with \u201cpetroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, other than crude petroleum products and waste oils.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, Georgia reportedly imported 904,000 tons of petroleum products in the first half of 2026, or 11.8 percent more than in the same period of the previous year. In terms of value, the imports increased by 34.6 percent to $812 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The average price of petroleum products rose from $746 to $998 per ton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reuters<\/em> reported at the start of July that Belarus exported 453,000 tons of gasoline and 256,000 tons of diesel fuel to Russia in the first six months of 2026, increasing gasoline exports 20 times and diesel exports five times on the same period of the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the agency, in June, Belarusian oil refineries supplied over 181,000 tons of gasoline to Russia by rail, a more than a threefold increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier Russia\u2019s Vedomosti <\/em>reported that Belarus had more than doubled its gasoline exports to Russia in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus supplied 141,000 tons of gasoline to Russia between June 1 and June 25, or 140 percent more than in May, Vedomosti <\/em>said, citing data from Russia\u2019s Price Index Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarusian supplies can help alleviate fuel shortages but cannot fully eliminate them, experts said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belarus can export between 1.8 million and two million tons of gasoline a year, or 150,000\u2013170,000 tons a month, whereas Russia consumes at least 110,000 tons a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia is facing fuel shortages amid Ukraine\u2019s ongoing air strikes on its oil refineries. U\u0142adzimier Siza\u016d, deputy head of Belarus\u2019 state petrochemical monopoly Bie\u0142naftachim, denied rumors that Russians are flocking to filling stations in Belarus to refill their vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In June, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Belarus against supplying fuel to Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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