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Key Indicators of Fuel Imports into Yemen from 1 January to31 March 2021
1- The flow of fuel into Yemen during the first quarter of 2021 continued at a normal
rate in comparison to 2019 and 2020. The total amount imported was around1,053,377.78 metric tons, which is sufficient for the average civilian and humanitariandemand in all governorates during this period.

2- TheGovernmentofYemen

continued to implement its Decree
No. 75 of 2018 and Decree No. 49

Fuel Imported Through Yemeni Ports from 1January to 31 March in 2019, 2020, and 2021
1400000
1200000

of 2019 relating to the regulation

1000000

and oversight of the fuel trade in

800000

Yemen, and it facilitated the600000
400000import of fuel through liberated

200000ports and over land into the areas0

under the control of the Houthi
militias after the Houthi militias
looted the revenues from fuel

2019

2020

2021

imports. These revenues had totaled, after the addition of the fees paid by theshipments granted exceptional permits to enter through Hudaydah Port over therecent period, more than 70 billion YER, which was looted by the Houthi militias andwere not used to improve the humanitarian and living conditions of the Yemenipeople.

3- The number of ships that were granted exceptional permits to enter Hudaydah basedon a request from the UN Special Envoy and as a form of support by the Governmentof Yemen for the UN Special Envoy’s efforts after the Houthis looted the accumulated
in the Central Bank branch in Hudaydah was around 40 fuel shipments. The Houthis
received the legal fees for these shipments, and this revenue was used to finance theirterroristic military operations, without allowing the Special Envoy’s office any
oversight of these funds.

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The amount of fuel imported into liberated ports during this period increased in
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fuel in the areas under the control of the Houthi militias.
Fuel Imported Through Yemeni Ports in Q1 of 2019, 2020, and 2021 (in metric tons)
Year

Total

Hudaydah

Aden

MukallaNishtun2019

Quantity
Percentage

883,570.64
100%

459,422.64 289,773.87 110,964.13 23,400.00
52%
33%
13%
3%

2020Quantity
1,228,908.84
Percentage
100%

710,803.62 318,833.89 182,918.03 16,353.30
58%
26%
15%
1%

2021

Quantity
1,053,377.78
Percentage
100%

84,517.86
8%5- The flow of fuel through overlandtransportation into the areas
under the control of the Houthi

590,235.87 291,750.65 86,873.41
56%
28%
8%

Percentage of Fuel Imported Into Areas
Under Control of Houthi Militias By
Transportation Method From 1 January to 31
March 2021 (in metric tons)

militias from the liberated areas
averaged 6,000 metric tons per

14%day. The Government of Yemenallowed the shipments for theWorld Food Program and the86%

industrial and productive sector tobe imported directly throughHudaydah Port, bringing the total

Through Hudaydah Port
Through Land Transport

amount of fuel imported into Houthi-controlled areas to around 624,517.86 metrictons.
Total Fuel Imported Into Areas Under Houthi Militia Control From 1 January to 31 March
2021 (in metric tons)
Through Hudaydah Port 84,517.86
Through Land Transport 540,000.00
Total
624,517.86

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The amount of fuel imported into the areas under the control of the Houthi militias
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than sufficient to supply civilian and humanitarian needs in these areas for theprevious period in 2021. The private sector and civilians were still able to obtain fuelin these areas in the quantities demanded, but only from the black market because
the Houthis continue to hinder the flow of fuel over land from the liberated areas andforce traders to sell the fuel transported to the Houthi-managed black market. Thiscauses fuel shortages, with the Houthi militias exploiting the humanitarian sufferingthat they have caused.
Distribution of Imported Fuel in Yemen Between Liberated Areas and Areas Under theControl of the Houthi Militias from 1 January to 31 March 2021
Quantity (in metric tons) Percentage
Fuel to the liberated areas
428,859.92
41%
Fuel to Houthi-controlled areas
624,517.86
59%
Total
1,053,377.78
100%

7- Two ships were able to withdraw
from outside of Hudaydah Port

Distribution of Fuel Imported Into Yemen
From 1 January to 31 March 2021 (in metrictons)

and unload their shipments easilyand smoothly in the liberated
ports during March 2021, after428,859.92

which they transported theseshipments into the areas under

624,517.86

the control of the Houthi militias
over land.
Fuel Imported into Houthi-controlled Areas
Fuel Imported into Liberated Areas

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