At a news conference in the White House, the US President was asked if similar secondary sanction would apply to China given that the Chinese are the largest buyers of Russian Crude Oil. The President replied saying, "It may happen, I don't know, I can't tell you yet, we did it with India and we are doing it probably with a couple of others, one of them could be China"
According to data by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CERA) for June 2025, China has bought 47 per cent of Russia's crude exports, followed by India (38 per cent), the EU (6 per cent), and Turkiye (6 per cent). CERA is an independent research organisation registered as a nonprofit in Finland
Turkiye, is the largest buyer of oil products and has purchased 26 per cent of Russia's oil product exports, followed by China (13 per cent) and Brazil (12 per cent)
The EU was the largest buyer of LNG from Russia purchasing 51 per cent of LNG exports from the country, followed by China (21 per cent) and Japan (18 per cent)
The EU was also the largest buyer of Russia's pipeline gas, purchasing 37 per cent of it, followed by China (30 per cent) and Turkiye (27 per cent).Neither China nor Turkey are facing additional US tariffs specifically tied to Russian Oil or Oil Product imports
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