VOL. XXX

NO. 20

23-FEBRUARY-1987

OPEC/NON-OPEC AND OIL PRICES

US Import Fee would Affect Venezuela's Debt Repayment Says Grisanti

Venezuela's Energy and Mines Minister, Dr. Arturo Hernandez Grisanti, hasexpressed concern about the potential impact of any tax on imported oil in theUS on the Venezuelan economy and on Venezuela's foreign debt servicing inparticular. Speaking in Caracas on 15 February, Dr. Grisanti said that while itis difficult to assess the exact effect of an oil tax, since the US...