VOL. XXXIII

NO. 36

11-JUNE-1990

Supply/Demand

EC Petroleum Imports Up 5.8%

The 12 member states of the European Community (EC) imported 484.5mn tonsof petroleum (crude oil, refinery feedstock and petroleum products) in 1989,compared to 458.0mn tons in 1988, or an increase of 5.8%, according tostatistics recently released by the EC. The volume of both crude and petroleumproducts imports increased from 335.2mn tons and 87.4mn tons respectively in1988 to 360.3mn tons and 90.5mn tons in 1989. However,...