DUSHANBE, June 28, 2012, Asia-Plus  -- The Government of the Russian Federation has decided to cut tariffs for oil products delivered to Tajikistan.

Russian Government’s official website reports the Russian Government has decided to cut the export duty for oil and oil products delivered to the countries outside the Customs Union area.

Under the new tariffs, the export duty for one ton of Russian crude oil will decrease from US$419.80 to US$369.30 starting on July 1.

The export duty for one ton of Russian gasoline delivered to the countries outside the Customs Union will also be cut from US$377.80 to US$332.40 starting on July 1, 2012.   

We will recall that Tajikistan was exempted from paying Russian tariffs on oil and gas exports from 1995-2010.  On May 1, 2010, Russia cancelled Tajikistan''s tax exemption and the Russian government has regulated the export duty on light oil since the beginning of last year.  A sudden spike was reported in May 2011, when export duty for Russian gasoline rose 44 percent as compared with April.