KIEV, Nov. 10 - Russian crude oil transit for export via Ukraine plunged 17.3% year-on-year in October after the Ukrainian oil shipper had reversed one of its pipelines towards importing Caspian Sea crude, the government’s data show.

Russian oil transit dropped to 2.5 million metric tons in October, down from 3.02 million tons shipped in October 2008, the energy and fuel ministry reported.