SEOUL: South Korea’s crude oil imports in October edged up 0.9 percent from a year earlier to 84.6 million barrels, preliminary data from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy showed on Tuesday. Final data will be released later this month by state-run Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC).
The ministry did not break down imports by country of origin. South Korea’s total crude imports in September rose 20.5 percent year-on-year, according to KNOC data last month.