Japan Imported 7 Million Barrels of Crude Oil from Qatar Last Month

 

December 28, 2016

 

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo said that Japan imported 7.067 million barrels of crude oil from Qatar in November 2016, representing 7.5% of total Japan’s oil imports in that month which amounted to 94.197 million barrels.

 

Data released by the Agency of Energy and Natural Resource, of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, showed that the Arabian oil constituted 80.8% of the total imported amount or 76.159 million barrels.

 

The agency announced that the ratio of Middle East i.e. from  Arab countries and Iran, amounted to 88.4% of the in total imports November.
 
The volume of crude oil imported by Japan in that month amounted to 94.197 million barrels, according to the agency.