MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 01st April, 2020) The average price of Urals crude, Russia's top export earner, fell 46 percent month-on-month in March to $29.17 per barrel, according to the Russian Finance Ministry.
Urals averaged $54.24 per barrel in February 2020 and $65.98 per barrel in March 2019.
In January-March 2020, average price for Urals was $48.18 per barrel, 23.7 percent less than in January-March 2019.
On Monday, the price of Urals fell to $13 per barrel (CIF Rotterdam), a fresh low of more than two decades, due to weak demand and an expected increase in shipments, according to the Argus agency.
The Russian budget for 2020 is balanced at $42.4 per barrel of Urals crude.