{"id":250638,"date":"2023-07-04T19:25:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T13:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=250638"},"modified":"2023-07-04T19:27:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T13:57:01","slug":"india-refiners-start-yuan-payments-for-russian-oil-imports-say-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-refiners-start-yuan-payments-for-russian-oil-imports-say-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"India refiners start yuan payments for Russian oil imports, say sources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article <\/span><b>\u201cIndia refiners start yuan payments for Russian oil imports, say sources\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span><b> The Hindu on 4th July 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian refiners have begun paying for some oil imports from Russia in Chinese yuan.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>India as the <\/b><b>largest buyer of seaborne Russian oil<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-250639\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/101457151.jpg?resize=300%2C184&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/101457151.jpg?resize=300%2C184&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/101457151.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India has emerged as a largest buyer of seaborne Russian oil. This is because Russia is selling oil at a discounted rate since the invasion of Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, India being able to buy cheap Russian crude has boosted output and profits at Indian refineries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has also enabled them to export refined products competitively to Europe and take a bigger market share.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How is India paying Russia for the oil?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The U.S. dollar has long been the main global oil currency, including for purchases by India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But now the Chinese yuan is playing an increasingly important role in Russia\u2019s financial system because Russia has been frozen out of the dollar and euro financial networks by international sanctions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian Oil Corporation, the country\u2019s biggest buyer of Russian crude oil, became the first state refiner to pay for some Russian purchases in yuan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This rise in yuan payments has given a boost to China\u2019s efforts to internationalize its currency, with Chinese banks promoting its use specifically for the Russian oil trade.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cIndia refiners start yuan payments for Russian oil imports, say sources\u201d published in The Hindu on 4th July 2023 What is the News? Indian refiners have begun paying for some oil imports from Russia in Chinese yuan. India as the largest buyer of seaborne Russian oil India&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-refiners-start-yuan-payments-for-russian-oil-imports-say-sources\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India refiners start yuan payments for Russian oil imports, say sources<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,164,9],"tags":[10498],"class_list":["post-250638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}