Regulatory
Ukraine: oil import rules
These are the same rules the Regulatory Matrix API serves for Ukraine-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 oilALLOWED
- Allowed for private tradeDomestic production (Ukrnafta, Ukrgazvydobuvannya). Kremenchuk refinery (sole operating refinery) damaged in 2022 invasion. Active war zone: confirm operability and force-majeure posture at deal time.
- Refined products (diesel, fuel oil, gasoline, jet)ALLOWED
- Allowed for private tradeHeavy reliance on imports via PL, RO, SK, HU; Odesa seaborne limited under wartime conditions. EU integration accelerated post-2022 candidacy.
- LPGALLOWED
- Allowed for private tradeLicence required: moe_license.
- LNGRESTRICTED
- Restricted: government/monopoly routeNo LNG terminal; Black Sea access constrained by Russian naval presence. Pipeline gas via reverse-flow from EU.
Frequently asked
- Can private companies import crude oil into Ukraine?
- Domestic production (Ukrnafta, Ukrgazvydobuvannya). Kremenchuk refinery (sole operating refinery) damaged in 2022 invasion. Active war zone: confirm operability and force-majeure posture at deal time.
- Are refined products (diesel, fuel oil, gasoline) tradeable by private importers in Ukraine?
- Heavy reliance on imports via PL, RO, SK, HU; Odesa seaborne limited under wartime conditions. EU integration accelerated post-2022 candidacy.
- Does OilFlow screen counterparties against Ukraine regulations?
- Yes. The same rule table shown on this page ships in the Regulatory Matrix API; counterparty checks destined for Ukraine 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 Ukraine? 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.