Regulatory
Bolivia: oil import rules
These are the same rules the Regulatory Matrix API serves for Bolivia-bound trade: which products private parties can move, which run through a government or monopoly route, and which are closed outright.
Compiled regulatory guidance from OilFlow Network, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the relevant national regulator before structuring a deal.
Product-by-product
- Crude oilBLOCKED
- Not tradeable by private partiesYPFB state monopoly on hydrocarbons under the 2005 Hydrocarbons Law. Private upstream participation only via service contracts with YPFB.
- Refined products (diesel, fuel oil, gasoline, jet)RESTRICTED
- Restricted: government/monopoly routeYPFB controls fuel importation and wholesale distribution. Private retail allowed under ANH licence.
- LPGRESTRICTED
- Restricted: government/monopoly routeYPFB controls LPG import and bulk distribution; private distributors operate under ANH licence with regulated price.
- gasBLOCKED
- Not tradeable by private partiesNatural gas export concentrated in YPFB long-term contracts (Brazil, Argentina).
Frequently asked
- Can private companies import crude oil into Bolivia?
- YPFB state monopoly on hydrocarbons under the 2005 Hydrocarbons Law. Private upstream participation only via service contracts with YPFB.
- Are refined products (diesel, fuel oil, gasoline) tradeable by private importers in Bolivia?
- YPFB controls fuel importation and wholesale distribution. Private retail allowed under ANH licence.
- Does OilFlow screen counterparties against Bolivia regulations?
- Yes. The same rule table shown on this page ships in the Regulatory Matrix API; counterparty checks destined for Bolivia are gated against these rules automatically.
Use this jurisdiction
This rule table is one leg of every counterparty check we run: the tradability rule for the destination country fires alongside the fraud cluster match and the eight-list sanctions screen. Compliance teams that want to call /api/v1/regulatory/check from their own intake systems are scoped on a call, no list price. Screening a named counterparty into Bolivia? Run the free check below. A Counterparty Screen is $95, ordered by email to [email protected]: machine output on one named counterparty inside the hour, marked DRAFT for review by independent legal counsel.
Order on one named counterparty
Counterparty Screen$95
One name, delivered within the hour, marked DRAFT for review by independent legal counsel, no human read. PEP is not screened; adverse media is not swept.
Counterparty File$500
One named counterparty, the Screen's steps plus a named human's written read and signature, in your inbox by the end of the third business day or the fee is refunded in full.
Email [email protected] with the product and the counterparty name in the subject. An invoice comes back by reply. Both are prepaid by invoice or marketplace order; there is no card checkout.