KUWAIT: Kuwait's crude oil exports to Japan jumped 34.4 percent in July from a year earlier to 6.94 million barrels, or 224,000 barrels per day (bpd), for the second consecutive monthly expansion, KUNA news agency reported citing government data.
As Japan's fourth-biggest oil provider, Kuwait supplied 6.4 percent of the Asian nation's total crude imports, compared with 4.9 percent in the same month of last year, the Japanese Natural Resources and Energy Agency said, in a preliminary report.
Japan's overall imports of crude oil in July grew 1.8 percent year-on-year to 108.03 million barrels or 3.48 million bpd for the second straight monthly gain.
Shipments from the Middle East accounted for 86.2 percent of the total, up 2.9 percent from a year before.
Saudi Arabia remained Japan's No.1 oil supplier, although imports from the kingdom shrank 8.1 percent from a year earlier to 1.04 million bpd, followed by the United Arab Emirates with 870,000 bpd, up 6.7 percent.
Qatar ranked third with 564,000 bpd and Iran fifth with 172,000 bpd, respectively. (QNA)
