VOL. XXXI
NO. 50
19-SEPTEMBER-1988
GENERAL
Japanese Petroleum Imports Soar in July
According to the latest statistics published by the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), crude oil imports soared to 4.46mn b/dand petroleum products to 1.02mn b/d in July, or an increase over the previousmonth of 39.6% and 42.7%, respectively. These sharp rises in oil importsfollowed 16.5% and 56% increases in May and 23 and 22.4% increases in June.
The oil tax rise on 1 August was the...
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