Data | Russia’s exports to India rise further, trade deficit balloons
The HinduIn February 2023, Russia surpassed Saudi Arabia to be come the second biggest exporter of crude oil to India in FY23. In the four-month period between November 2022 and February 2023, Russia took over the top spot, while the shares of Saudi Arabia and Iraq in India’s oil imports are fast decreasing. Chart 1 | The chart shows the share of select top countries in India’s crude oil imports in the April-February period for the past four financial years. Click to remove AMP mode Chart 2 | The chartshows the share of select top countries in India’s crude oil imports in the last seven months. Chart 3 | The chart shows India’s imports from Russia and its share in India’s total imports in FY23 Click to subscribe to our Data newsletter India and China have snapped up the vast majority of Russian oil in April at prices above the Western price cap of $60 per barrel, according to traders and Reuters calculations.