VOL. XXXIII

NO. 37

18-JUNE-1990

Supply/Demand

Soviet Experts Predict Falling USSR Energy Export Volumes

The economic efficiency of Soviet energy exports declined drastically duringthe 1980's owing to falling world prices coupled with soaring production costs,particularly for oil, according to a recent paper by two Soviet specialists. Thepaper - by Alexander A. Arbatov of the Committee for Natural Resources of theUSSR Academy of Sciences, and Eugene M. Khartukov of the World Energy Analysisand...