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Monday 13 March 2017 - 14:14
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Iran, Russia 'Oil-for-Goods' deal volume could reach $45Bln annually

Sputnik News- The total volume of goods that Russia could deliver to Iran under the "oil-for-goods" deal between could reach $45 billion annually, Russian trade representative in Iran Andrei Lugansky told Sputnik.

The total volume ofgoods that Russia could deliver toIran underthe "oil-for-goods" deal betweencould reach $45 billion annually, Russian trade representative inIran Andrei Lugansky told Sputnik.
"The total cost ofgoods underthe program can currently be estimated at $45 billion a year," Lugansky said Monday.


Lugansky explained that the "legally viable" program stipulates 50-percent monetary payment and 50-percent payment-in-goods inexchange forIranian oil.
"The 50 percent coming fromRussia are railroad items, heavy trucks, bywhich I mean our buses, the aviation industry (equipment forairfields, planes themselves)," he said.


Iranian media reported last month that the agreement would envision selling Russia 100,000 barrels per day. Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak later clarified that the oil delivery volume underthe "oil-for-goods" deal could reach 5 million tonnes ofoil annually.
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