Arab News, Monday, Jan 02, 2023 | Jamadi Al Thani 9, 1444
UAE and Saudi Arabia provide 76.4% of Japan’s crude oil needs in November
Saudi Arabia:
More than three quarters of Japan’s oil imports in November (76.4 percent) came
from the UAE and Saudi Arabia, with rates of 41.5 percent (32.1 million barrels)
and 36.3 percent (28.16 million barrels), respectively, according to data from
the Japanese Energy Agency on Friday.
Japan’s crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia were
down from 31.60 million barrels, while imports of UAE crude were down from 33.93
million barrels in the previous month.
Total imports in November amounted to 77.53
million barrels – down from 84.58 million the previous month – at a rate of 2.58
million barrels per day.
From Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and the neutral
zone (between Saudi Arabia and Kuwait), imports amounted to 9.4percent, 5
percent, 1.3 percent, 1.3 percent and 0.6 percent, respectively, which means
that Arab oil provided Japan with 95.4 percent of its oil needs in November,
according to the agency, which is part of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry.
Japan’s exports from Ecuador, Australia, Vietnam,
Malaysia and Indonesia came to less than 5 percent of its consumption in
November.
The ban on buying Russian and Iranian oil imposed
by Japanese companies in compliance with US sanctions continued in November, but
Japan still imports Russian natural gas from the Russian Sakhalin region for
about 8 percent of its LNG needs under bilateral investment and development
treaties that are exempt from Japanese sanctions against Russia.