The Ukraine that US President Donald Trump has imposed an extra tariff of 25 per cent as a penalty for purchasing Russian oil on India. After which the total tariff on India has been 50 percent. The same Ukraine is moving forward due to India’s diesel. In the month of July, Ukraine bought the most diesel from India. Looking at the data, by July 2025, India has become the biggest diesel source in Ukraine, leaving behind other suppliers. Which has been ranked 15.5 percent in the import. According to Ukrainian Oil Market’s analytics firm Naftorinok, Diesel’s daily shipment from India was seen on an average of 2,700 tonnes, this year is one of India’s highest export figures. The special thing is that in July 2024, about a year ago, India used to supply only 1.9 percent diesel of Ukraine.
Surprising figures
Diesel import figures of Ukraine from India have come at a time when there is a lot of trade tension between India and the US. Washington has recently imposed a huge tariff of 50 percent on Indian goods citing continuous purchase of Russian oil by New Delhi. The US alleges that India is promoting the Russian bloody game happening in Ukraine. India takes crude oil from Russia at cheap prices and is selling the world at expensive prices. The same dollar is working to fuel the Russian war machine by giving Russia. Unlike all this, India has now become the biggest supplier of diesel for Ukraine. Despite this, India’s relations are very good with Russia.
What is the supply route?
The diesel of Indian origin is reaching Ukraine through many means. A large part of it is transported from Romania to the Danube River by tankers. Additionally, the goods are transported through the OPET terminal located at Türkiye’s Marmara Ereglisi port, which is still operational despite partial restrictions. These routes have also helped India establish India as a reliable supplier even in complex geopolitical conditions.
Growing stake in 2025
From January to July 2025, India supplied 10.2 per cent of Ukraine’s diesel import, which is five times more than 1.9 per cent of the same period last year. Although India’s stake is now more than many European partners, its physical exports lag behind Greece and Türkiye. Nevertheless, the July figures put India ahead of all competitors in proportional terms.
July import structure
Despite India being on top in July, other suppliers are also important for Ukraine. Diesel supply from Greece and Türkiye was seen to be sufficient, although Slovakia’s supply was ahead of both. Poland and Lithuania’s Olene Group had about 20 percent of the total imports. Meanwhile, Swedish exports from Poland and Denmark reached the record level since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Russia, which was 4 per cent of the July import.
How is the bilateral trade of both countries
There has been a steady increase in bilateral trade between India and Ukraine. Which rose from US $ 2.76 billion in 2019-20 to an US $ 3.39 billion in 2021-22. However, this increase was rapidly affected in 2022-23 due to Russia-Ukraine War, causing serious logistics disruptions in cargo movement, which led to a decline in trade and the trade figure remained at US $ 782.94 million. This means that there was a 77 percent decline in the last financial year.
The decline continued marginally until 2023-24, and the total trade fell slightly to US $ 713.16 million. Despite these failures, signs of improvement have been observed in 2024–25, Indian exports have increased continuously since 2022, which has increased from US $ 132.68 million to US $ 187.39 million, while the Impport from Ukraine has almost doubled compared to the previous year in 2024-25, which increased from US $ 539.86 million to 1036.86 million US dollars, which has been almost doubled compared to the previous year in 2024-25. Is.