China's June crude oil imports fall 41.3% from a year earlier

BEIJING: China’s June crude oil imports stood at 29.27 million metric tons, down 41.3% from a year earlier, according to customs data released on Tuesday.

China’s January-to-June crude oil imports fell 11.4% to 247.61 million metric tons, the data showed.

China’s June natural gas imports stood at 10.93 million metric tons, up 3.7% from a year earlier.

In the first six months of the year, China’s natural gas imports fell 3.4% from a year earlier to 57.45 million metric tons.