OPEC

Japanese Spot Purchases Fall in April and May 

After reaching a record average of 1,299,000 b/d (some 32.5% of total oil imports) in the first quarter of 1985, Japan's purchases of spot oil dropped back to 985,000 b/d in April and 847,000 b/d in May, according to statistics published in Tokyo.

The figures for Japanese imports of spot crude are as follows (thousand b/d):

 Year Spot Imports % of Total Imports  1981 223 5.6 1982 334 9.0 1983 642 17.9 1984 834 22.6 1985 January...