VOL. XXXIV

NO. 28

15-APRIL-1991

Supply/Demand

Saudi Arabia Increases LPG Exports to Japan to 6.3mn Tons in FY90

Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Indonesia increased their liquefied petroleum gas(LPG) exports to Japan during the Gulf crisis in order to meet the shortfallcaused by the stoppage of Kuwaiti exports, according to Mr. Wakitani the GeneralManager of Idemitsu Kosan Company. He said in a speech in Tokyo on 8 April that"concern about Japan's LPG supplies was even greater than concern aboutpetroleum...