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India set to pay for Iranian oil using rupees from November: Sources

India, Iran`s top oil client after China, is still seeking some exemptions to the sanctions from the U.S. though some refiners have already curtailed purchases because of insurance issues tied to the sanctions.

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India set to pay for Iranian oil using rupees from November: Sources
The sources said India has selected UCO Bank and IDBI Bank for facilitating payment to Iran. Image Source: PTI
Written By: Reuters
Updated: Thu, Sep 20, 2018
04:50 pm
Reuters
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India will settle payments for Iranian oil using rupees through local banks starting in November as U.S. sanctions will make it difficult to settle trades through European banks, two industry sources said on Thursday.

In May, U.S. President Donald Trump withdrew from a 2015 nuclear accord with Iran and ordered the renewal of U.S. sanctions. Some sanctions took effect from Aug. 6 while those affecting the oil and banking sectors will start from Nov. 4

"We are bracing up for any eventuality we have to make a payment and we don`t want to default on making payments," one of the sources said. 

The sources said India has selected UCO Bank and IDBI Bank for facilitating payment to Iran. 

Indian refiners are currently using State Bank of India and Germany-based Europaeisch-Iranische Handelsbank AG to buy Iranian oil in euros. SBI has told refiners it would stop handling Iran payments from November.

The second source said after the United States announced it would re-impose sanctions in May, Iran has already received payments for some cargoes in rupees.

Reuters in June reported that India is looking to revive the its earlier rupee payment mechanism with Iran. During the previous sanctions regime, India adopted a barter-like scheme to buy oil from Iran while the Middle Eastern country used rupees to import goods from India.

"Previously we settled 45 percent of our trade in rupees this time it could be 100 percent. We have to mutually decide the number," said the first source.

India, Iran`s top oil client after China, is still seeking some exemptions to the sanctions from the U.S. though some refiners have already curtailed purchases because of insurance issues tied to the sanctions.

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IDBI did not respond to requests for a comment while UCO Bank`s Managing Director R. K. Takkar did not respond to phone calls seeking comment.  

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