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Friday, April 6, 2012

''India slips on Iranian oil bills''

From Asia Times Online

"India's attempts to pay for Iranian oil in rupees may not succeed easily, despite widespread press reports that such a mechanism has been established. Iran is responsible for 12% of India's imported oil and over the past two years India has struggled to find a mechanism to pay for this, its efforts complicated by United States, European Union and United Nations sanctions against Tehran.

In December 2010, the Reserve Bank of India dismantled a settlement mechanism denominated in dollars and euros that had facilitated the annual payments of US$9.5 billion for Delhi's oil imports from Tehran."

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