Russian Oil Flows Show Buyers Shunning Trump’s Push to End Trade

Bloomberg.com · last updated September 30, 2025 – 5:46 AM

Russia’s seaborne crude exports stuck at a 16-month high in the past four weeks, with US President Donald Trump so far failing to convince remaining buyers to ditch Moscow’s oil.

Four-week average shipments from the country’s ports were 3.62 million barrels a day up to Sept. 28, according to vessel-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg, matching the highest since May 2024. The average provides a clearer picture of underlying trends than more volatile weekly figures.

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