Britain: In June this year, it fell to zero for the first time since Russian fuel imports' own data.

[Global Times Special Journalist Ji Shuangcheng in the UK] According to the data released by the National Bureau of Statistics on the 24th, in June this year, the total amount of goods imported from Russia from Russia was 33 million pounds in June this year, down 96%year -on -year. For the first time, it did not import fuels from Russia.

Data show that Britain's fuel imports in Russia in June fell for the first time since data in 1997. Before the Russian and Ukraine conflict, Russia was the largest supplier of refined oil in the UK, accounting for 24.1%of the total imports in the UK. Russia also supplied 5.9%of Britain's crude oil and 4.9%of natural gas.

In March of this year, the British Johnson government announced that Britain will "gradually" get rid of dependence on Russia's oil and natural gas. Johnson also called on Western countries to jointly ensure energy replacement plans. Reuters reports that Johnson has visited Saudi Arabia, the UAE and other countries, an important member of the Organization of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) this year, hoping that the Middle East countries can increase oil output to ease the continuous soaring international oil prices. However, the British media believes that so far, Saudi Arabia has not promised to provide energy and gas from Western countries.

According to the British "Independence", the Global British Commission Group, including Henhero Airport, Virgin Airlines, and Ernst & Young Certified Public Accountants, said that most British aircraft fuels came from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and Rotterdam's fuel was provided by Russia. The senior management of British business in the UK said that Britain can be the main supplier of "green" aircraft fuels made of vegetable oil and waste. But when this "green" fuel can be really used, the market still has questions.

As of July this year, the price of the British market, especially the price of natural gas, has soared. The British "Sunday Post" quoted local companies' warnings that most British companies will re -negotiate electricity and gas prices in October. The price of power and natural gas continuation this year may be four times the previous year.

The British "Financial Times" quoted the report issued by Citibank's prediction that the rising price of natural gas may increase the British inflation rate to 18.6%in January next year, and higher than other major Western countries. The report also predicts that the price of natural gas prices may also be as high as 33%. Earlier, the Bank of England predicted that the British inflation rate may rise to 13%at the end of this year.

In fact, the proportion of natural gas imported from Russia used in the UK accounts for less than 5%. For more European countries, this proportion is about 40%. Peninsula TV reported on the 23rd that the price of natural gas contracts in Europe had risen by about 16%due to concerns about Russia's long -term interruption, reaching the highest level since March, which also caused electricity prices to rise to a new high.

The EU Commission's executive vice chairman of Green Affairs Franks Timmer believes that the EU's goal is to reduce the natural gas imported from Russia by 2/3 to reduce the dependence on Russia's energy, including importing more liquefaction to import more liquefaction Natural gas, accelerate development of renewable energy, and reduce demand through energy conservation and efficiency. However, Timmer was worried that during the transition from natural gas to new energy, some countries may have to increase their dependence on coal.

In March of this year, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands stated that it is necessary to increase the proportion of renewable energy, but immediately make a change of "the supply chain will destroy the supply chain around the world, especially the European supply chain", and it will also have an impact on Ukraine Essence German Prime Minister Tsurtz also mentioned that Germany is seeking alternatives to Russia's energy, but it cannot be achieved in the short term. Souls said that European sanctions on Russia deliberately exempted the field of energy supply, because these energy sources are vital to Europe, and there are no other ways to ensure European heating, electricity and transportation energy.

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