South Korea imported 1.2 million tonnes of crude oil from Iran in June. up 10.5 percent from a year ago. preliminary data from Korea Customs Service showed on Saturday.
That is equivalent to 8.4 million barrels. according to a Reuters calculation. The world’s fifth-largest crude buyer imported a total 11.6 million tonnes of crude last month against 11.3 million tonnes imported a year ago. the data also showed.
Final data for South Korea`s crude oil imports last month will be published by state-run Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) later the month. The KNOC data is considered the industry standard for South Korea`s oil imports.
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