Russia exported to China 5.24 million tons of oil in May – TASS

BEIJING, June 21. / Corr. TASS Aleksey Selishchev /. The volume of Russian oil exports to China in May 2016 reached a new record high of 5.24 million tons, an average of Russia in China supplied 1.24 million barrels of oil a day, compared to the same period last year, an increase of 33.7% . This is stated in the

released on Tuesday, the report General Customs Administration of China, “China is still high demand for oil, which contribute to global oil prices,” -. Said the report

In. document says that last month the volume of oil supplies from Saudi Arabia increased by 33.6% – up to 961 thousand barrels per day.. Iranian oil imports increased during the period by 19.5% and amounted to 619.3 thousand barrels per day

In 2015, Russia became the largest exporter of oil to China four times.. in May, September, November and December. Overall for the year the export of Russian oil to China ranked second, exporting 42.43 million tons of oil (an annual increase of 28.2%). Leading positions in the last year were for Saudi Arabia, which has put China 50.55 million tons, an annual increase of 1,78%.