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United Kingdom: Government announces its decision to ban oil imports from Russia

Announcement

08 Mar 2022

In March 2022, the UK government announced that it will phase out imports of Russian oil by the end of 2022.

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Number of interventions

2

1 certainly harmful

1 likely harmful

0 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

01 Jan 2023

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Announced: 08 Mar 2022
Import ban In force
On 8 March 2022, the UK government announced its decision to phase out the import of oil from Russia by the end of 2022. The decision is taken in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. According to...
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Implementation date

08 Mar 2022

Revocation date:

31 Dec 2022

Announced: 08 Mar 2022
Import-related non-tariff measure, nes
On 8 March 2022, the government announced that the UK will phase out the import of Russian oil by the end of 2022. Specifically, the UK will gradually reduce the import of oil from Russia and by the e...
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