{"id":13919,"date":"2013-06-09T08:59:36","date_gmt":"2013-06-09T07:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/issues\/economy\/13919-with-oil-imports-from-iran-falling-india-turns-to-iraq"},"modified":"2023-01-14T17:48:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T16:48:04","slug":"with-oil-imports-from-iran-falling-india-turns-to-iraq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/economy\/with-oil-imports-from-iran-falling-india-turns-to-iraq\/","title":{"rendered":"With oil imports from Iran falling, India turns to Iraq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"iran-oil2\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-39607\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/iran-oil2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: left; margin: 5px;\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>Hindustan Times &#8211; In a move that has both commercial and strategic implications, India is looking to increase its oil imports from Iraq even as it continues to reduce its dependence on Iran oil.<\/p>\n<p>With Iraq increasing production and the crude being the same as that of Iran, it can be an easy substitute for Iran, which is under a squeeze of sanctions from the US and European Union for its nuclear programme.<\/p>\n<p>The energy ties will be top among the agenda of external affairs minister Salman Khurshid\u2019s visit to Iraq on June 19 and 20. The visit also takes place a month ahead of India-US strategic dialogue in New Delhi at the foreign ministers\u2019 level.<\/p>\n<p>There has been a substantial dip in Iran\u2019s contribution to the total crude import of the country.<\/p>\n<p>According to latest official statistics, in the year 2012-13 (ending March), India\u2019s import dipped by over 26.5% to 13.3 million tonnes, compared to 18.1 million tonnes the year before.<\/p>\n<p>Also in 2012-13, Iranian supplies accounted for 7.2% of India\u2019s oil imports, down from 10.5% in the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are issues related to payments as well as the insurance issues faced by oil refineries due to the sanction (in Iran). That\u2019s why the import is down,\u201d a government official said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hindustan Times &ndash; In a move that has both commercial and strategic implications, India is looking to increase its oil imports from Iraq even as it continues to reduce its dependence on Iran oil. 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