VOL. XXXV

NO. 21

24-FEBRUARY-1992

General

Japan's Middle East Crude Imports Rose by 8% in 1991

Japan's Middle East crude oil imports rose by 225,000 b/d or 8% during 1991 -from 2.818mn b/d in 1990 to 3.043mn b/d in 1991 - according to figures releasedby Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). Japan's overallcrude oil imports rose by 6.1% during 1991 to 4.182mn b/d from 3.942mn b/d in1990. Japan's Middle East crude imports accounted for 72.8% of Japan's totalimports, up...