Recently, according to import and export statistics released by the General Administration of Customs in December 2018, China imported 462 million tons of crude oil in 2018, an increase of 10.1% over the same period last year, of which 43.782 million tons were imported in December, an increase of 2.12% annually, a record monthly high.
In 2018, China’s refined oil exports reached 58.635 million tons, an increase of 12.4% over the same period last year, of which, in December, the export volume of refined oil reached 58.66 million tons, an increase of 31.2%.
In 2018, China imported 33.481 million tons of refined oil, an increase of 13% over the same period last year, of which 3.14 million tons of refined oil were imported in December, a decrease of 2.8%.
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