New Delhi: India’s Russian oil imports between April and September fell 8.4% on year due to narrower discounts and tighter supplies, with refiners seeking more oil from the Middle East and the United States, according to trade sources and shipping data.

The South Asian nation is also under pressure from Washington, which has doubled tariffs on Indian goods, to reduce Russian oil imports. White House trade adviser Peter Navarro had said India’s purchases of Russian crude were funding Moscow’s war in Ukraine.

A refiner in India shipped in 1.75 million barrels per day of Russian oil in the first half of this fiscal year that began on April 1, shipping data obtained from trade sources show.

September’s volume was flat versus August at 1.6 million bpd, down 14.2% from the same month a year

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