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Asia's August Iran oil imports jump 81% Y/Y

Business Materials 30 September 2016 12:42 (UTC +04:00)
Imports of Iranian oil by four major buyers in Asia in August jumped 81 percent from a year earlier, the biggest percentage gain since April 2014, as the producer recoups market share from rivals Saudi Arabia and Iraq
Asia's August Iran oil imports jump 81% Y/Y

Imports of Iranian oil by four major buyers in Asia in August jumped 81 percent from a year earlier, the biggest percentage gain since April 2014, as the producer recoups market share from rivals Saudi Arabia and Iraq, Reuters reported.

Economic sanctions targeting Iran's disputed nuclear programme were lifted in January, and it has been battling since then to regain market share lost during the previous four years that the sanctions were in force.

The No. 3 OPEC producer has increased its crude oil exports last month to more than 2 million barrels per day (bpd), according to a source with knowledge of its tanker loading schedule, closing in on Tehran's pre-sanctions shipment levels of five years ago.

The top four Asian buyers, South Korea, Japan, China and India, imported 1.84 million barrels per day (bpd) in August, government and ship-tracking data showed. That would be the highest in at least five-and-a-half years.

Japan's trade ministry on Friday released official data showing its imports rose 31.4 percent from a year earlier to 235,612 bpd last month.

India's imports nearly tripled from a year earlier to 575,900 bpd, the highest in at least 15 years.

Imports by South Korea more than doubled, while Chinese imports also jumped 48 percent.

The following tables show Asia's Iran crude imports in bpd for last month and the year to date.

Nation

Aug-16

Aug-15

yr/yr pct

China

746,029

503,110

48.4

India

575,900

198,800

189.6

Japan

235,612

179,243

31.4

Korea

277,613

130,774

112.3

Total

1,835,154

1,011,927

81.4

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Nation

Jan-Aug 2016

Jan-Aug 2015

yr/yr pct

China

614,703

576,670

6.6

India

394,700

214,100

84.3

Japan

216,101

171,814

25.8

Korea

269,803

114,103

136.5

Total

1,495,307

1,076,687

38.9

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