Vietnam Jan crude exports fall 29pc y/y

HANOI: Vietnam's crude oil exports in January fell an estimated 29.0 percent from a year earlier to 580,000 tonnes, or 137,000 barrels per day (bpd), the government said on Friday.

Crude exports generated an estimated $480 million in January, down 34.7 percent from a year ago, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said.

Oil product imports in January rose 22.4 percent from the corresponding period last year to an estimated 600,000 tonnes, according to the GSO's monthly report.

Vietnam also imported an estimated 50,000 tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas in January, up 74.3 percent from the same period in 2013, the office said.