VOL. XXXIII

NO. 11

18-DECEMBER-1989

General

Japan's Oil Consumption Increases 5.4% in 1H FY1989

Japan's oil consumption during the first half of Fiscal Year 1989 (April-September 1989) totalled 3.242mn b/d, anincrease of 5.4% over the same period last year, which itself witnessed anincrease of 6.3% over 1H FY 1987, according to a preliminary report releasedby the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). Consumption ofgasoline registered the largest increase among products at 8.4%,...