Kazakhstan cancels with 26 Jan, 2009 export duties on crude oil, said the ruling government, published today in the official media. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan in two weeks to notify the Secretariat Integration Committee of Eurasian Economic Community on the Government of Kazakhstan measures to regulate foreign trade , – described in the text. Decision will enter into force after 30 calendar days from the date of the first official publication. Fee for the export of petroleum and petroleum products was introduced in Kazakhstan in order to stabilize the domestic market of crude oil and petroleum products in May this year, the decision of the government. It is calculated by a formula based on world oil prices, and applies to all oil exporters, except those contracts that include provisions on customs stability of the regime. Earlier, the Government planned to 20 Jan, 2009 to reduce the rate of export duty on crude oil at 31.4% – up to 139.79 dollars per tonne. In addition, the fee was to be reviewed monthly, not quarterly, as it was before. But a week after the decision to lower fees at all government cancel it. However, export duty on petroleum products remained, but its bid significantly reduced: for liquid fuels – by 35% to 61.86 dollars per tonne for asphalt oil and gas – by 56% to 41.42 dollars per ton, RIA News .
