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Serbia: oil import rules

These are the same rules the Regulatory Matrix API serves for Serbia-bound trade: which products private parties can move, which run through a government or monopoly route, and which are closed outright.

Open to private trade0
Restricted4
Blocked0

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 oilRESTRICTED
Restricted: government/monopoly routeNIS (Naftna Industrija Srbije): Gazprom Neft majority owner (~50%): operates Pančevo refinery. NIS is on the OFAC SDN list (added January 2025): comprehensive US sanctions exposure. Confirm ownership/operatorship at deal time. Russian-pipeline JANAF supply replaced with seaborne via Omišalj (HR).
Refined products (diesel, fuel oil, gasoline, jet)RESTRICTED
Restricted: government/monopoly routeNIS dominant distributor; OFAC SDN exposure cascades to downstream products. Non-NIS supply via imports.
LPGRESTRICTED
Restricted: government/monopoly routeNIS-dominated; OFAC SDN exposure.
LNGRESTRICTED
Restricted: government/monopoly routeNo LNG; landlocked. Pipeline gas predominantly Russian via TurkStream → Bulgaria.

Frequently asked

Can private companies import crude oil into Serbia?
NIS (Naftna Industrija Srbije): Gazprom Neft majority owner (~50%): operates Pančevo refinery. NIS is on the OFAC SDN list (added January 2025): comprehensive US sanctions exposure. Confirm ownership/operatorship at deal time. Russian-pipeline JANAF supply replaced with seaborne via Omišalj (HR).
Are refined products (diesel, fuel oil, gasoline) tradeable by private importers in Serbia?
NIS dominant distributor; OFAC SDN exposure cascades to downstream products. Non-NIS supply via imports.
Does OilFlow screen counterparties against Serbia regulations?
Yes. The same rule table shown on this page ships in the Regulatory Matrix API; counterparty checks destined for Serbia 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 Serbia? 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.

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Paste the company or person name from the pitch. Free, no signup, answer in seconds. Vessels are not screened here.

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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.

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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.