UAE exports 24.8% of Japan’s crude oil needs in August

Japan imported 18.143 million barrels of crude oil from the UAE in August, according to data from Agency for Natural Resources and Energy in Tokyo.

The agency, which forms part of the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, reported that the percentage of oil imports from the UAE represented 24.8 per cent of the total Japanese oil imports.

Japan’s total crude oil import in August equalled 73.189 million barrels, official news agency WAM reported.

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