The Sunday Times learned about the concealment by Britain of purchases of Russian oil Russian oil came

to British ports, which was entered into the statistics as imports from other countries.The Conservative Party called on the government to close this loophole

At least 39 shipments of Russian oil worth £200 million ($237 million) arrived in the UK after the start of a special operation in Ukraine, which was registered as an import from other countries, writes The Sunday Times, which tracked the movement of tankers and also analyzed UK trade statistics. . London's ban on oil supplies from RUSSIA comes into force in December.

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The publication writes that Russian oil worth £23 million ($27.3 million), which arrived in Imingham since March of this year, was registered as an import from Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. The newspaper traced four ships that allegedly delivered more than 1 million barrels. Russian oil. In two cases, the oil was transshipped from one ship to another, and in another, it arrived from Rotterdam. According to the publication, 13 shipments of oil arrived in Britain in June and July, including those loaded on the Greek ship Marinoula.

Also, according to the publication, since March, Russian oil worth £130 million ($154.5 million) has been delivered to the London port of Thamesport, which was registered as an import from Poland, Belgium and the Netherlands.

The newspaper explains that the Office for National Statistics (ONS), when collecting information from the Office of Revenue and Customs (HMRC), determines the country of origin of goods from where they were sent. “This means that a shipment of Chinese-made goods can be registered as from Germany if it was imported into the UK by a German firm,” the publication writes, pointing out that, for example, the EU statistics office determines the origin of products by the country where they were produced. .

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The publication cites the difference in ONS and HMRC data. The first agency reported that Britain did not import Russian oil in June. The same was said in August in the British government. At the same time, HMRC data show that British ports in June received Russian oil worth more than £78 million ($92.7 million), which was registered as an import from European countries, and in July - another £1.5 million ($1. 7 million) with similar import markings.

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The ban on the supply of Russian oil will come into force in December, however, the publication writes, citing experts, the British practice of processing imports and the widespread use of transshipments from one ship to another will make it difficult to apply sanctions.

Former leader of the Conservative Party (2001-2003), Member of the British Parliament Dunkat Smith told the newspaper that he intends to raise the issue of accounting for Russian imports in the House of Commons. According to him, it is necessary to "close this obvious loophole."

“Who can say how much oil entered the market mislabeled and thus escaped… sanctions [against Russia]? The government must take steps to put an end to this practice once and for all,” he said.