SEOUL: South Korea’s crude oil imports in November fell 3.7 percent from a year earlier to 79.9 million barrels, preliminary data from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy showed. The final data will be released later in the month by state-run Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC).
The ministry did not break down imports by countries. South Korea’s total crude imports in October rose 12.6 percent year on year, according to KNOC data last month.