Imperial_Empirical t1_iuien5h wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:52 PM

Reply to comment by dog_eat_god in How Russia Pays for War: Despite the current level of sanctions, trade with some nations has shrunk surprisingly little and positively boomed with others by UserNamesCantBeTooLo

Spain, Netherlands and Belgium have large port facilities for oil and gas throughput. My guess what is likely happening is that goods get transported further into the remaining EU states but are not officially registered as sourced from Russia, creating a semi-black market. That, plus filling the national gas reserves, has driven up imports.

I wouldn't look into it too much. If we get an oil pricecap and maybe also a soft winter the values of Russian imports will plummit.

rikkerd1 t1_iuikjmy wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:31 PM

Add to that much higher prices of fuel and gas, would result in higher import numbers, but not in an actual increase of the products imported.

Mm_Donut t1_iuiwmts wrote on October 31, 2022 at 5:51 PM

^ and ^^ are correct