SEOUL: South Korea’s crude oil imports in December rose 21.1 percent from a year earlier to 97.9 million barrels, preliminary data from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy showed on Friday.
The final data will be released later in the month by state-run Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC).
South Korea’s total crude imports in November fell 1.5 percent year-on-year, according to KNOC data last month.