Chinese crude imports up to 1.24 million b/d
BEIJING, June 21 (Reuters) – Chinese crude oil imports in May from Russia hit a fresh record at 5.245 million tonnes, or about 1.24 million barrels per day (b/d), up 33.7 percent from a year earlier, data from the Chinese General Administration of Customs showed on Tuesday.
Shipments from second-ranking supplier Saudi Arabia grew 33.6 percent last month over the year-ago level to around 961,000 b/d, the data showed.
Imports from Iran rose 19.5 percent on a year ago to about 619,300 b/d.
Reporting by Meng Meng and Chen Aizhu; Editing by Richard Pullin