VOL. XXXIX

No. 31

29-April-1996

GENERAL

Middle East Oil Exports To Japan Rise 0.5% in 1995

Middle East crude oil exports to Japan rose marginally by 0.5% from 3.598mn b/d in 1994 to 3.614mn b/d in 1995, while Japan's crude oil imports on the whole declined by 1.5% from 4.667mn b/d in 1994 to 4.598mn b/d in 1995, according to preliminary figures compiled by the Petroleum Association of Japan (see Tables 1 to 3 overleaf).

During 1995, Middle East crude oil imports increased from the...