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Among materials, refined aluminum imports nearly doubled to 538,607 tons, supporting Russian production as international sanctions cut trade to its usual buyers in Europe and elsewhere.
● Refined copper imports slumped 33% to 281,908 tons
● Refined nickel imports fell 14% to 43,021 tons
● Palladium imports rose by 1.3 times to 11,551 kilograms
● Gold imports increased by 68% to 6,803 kilograms
● Wheat imports declined 13% to 52,668 tons
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KazTransOil has started shipping 25,000 tonnes of Russian oil to Uzbekistan via the main oil pipeline. KazTransOil has started shipping through the territory of Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan along the route "Omsk - Pavlodar - Shymkent - oil loading rack Shagyr" (loading into railway tanks). In 2023, the expected volume of Russian oil transit to Uzbekistan through the system of main oil pipelines of KazTransOil JSC will be 250 thousand tonnes.
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Russia boosted oil exports to China to 67mn metric tonnes in 2022 and supplies would grow further this year, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told reporters on March 24. "Thirtymn [metric tonnes] were supplied over the Skovorodino-Mohe [route]; tenmn metric tonnes -via Kazakhstan.
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