Definition: Exports of energy commodities (Code B_100500)

Category: Energy

Exports represent all quantities leaving the national territory excluding transit quantities (notably via gas and oil pipelines). Amounts are considered as exported when they have crossed the political boundaries of the country, whether customs clearance has taken place or not. In annual data collections, exports refer to the country of final destination, whereas in monthly data collections imports refer to the neighbouring country or country of next consignment.	
In the case of crude oil and petroleum products, exports represent the quantities delivered to the national territory of foreign countries and, in particular, those quantities:
(i)	destined for treatment in other countries;
(ii)	only exported on a temporary basis;
(iii)	exported and deposited in uncleared bonded warehouses;
(iv)	exported and placed in special warehouses in foreign countries;
(v)	exported to regions and/or territories overseas under national sovereignity;
(vi)	re-exported after treatment or transformation;
(vii)	supplied to national or foreign troops stationed abroad (in so far as secrecy permits	this).
Quantities of crude oil and products exported under processing agreements (i.e. refining on account) should be included. Crude oil and Natural Gas Liquids should be reported as coming from the country of ultimate origin; Refinery feedstocks and finished products should be reported as coming from the country of last consignment. Any gas liquids (e.g.  Liquefied petroleum gas) extracted during the regasification process of imported  Liquefied natural gas should be reported under inputs “Receipts from other sources” of Other hydrocarbons in the annual oil questionnaire. Petroleum products imported or exported directly by the petrochemical industry should be included.
Re–exports of oil imported for processing within bonded areas should be included as an export of product from the processing country to the final destination. MetaLink 1ManualLink 1LegalActLink 1