China's June crude imports from Middle East tumble; Russian volumes steady

BEIJING: China’s June crude oil imports from Russia, its biggest supplier, fell 1% year-on-year to 8.3 million tons, or 2.02 million barrels per day, according to customs data published on Monday.

China’s June crude imports slumped 41.3% to their lowest point in almost a decade.

Imports from Malaysia, the largest trans-shipment hub for sanctioned Iranian oil, fell 81% to 1.34 million tons, or 0.33 million bpd.

Imports from Indonesia stood at 2.5 million tons, or 0.61 million bpd.

China imported about 0.1 million tons of crude from Indonesia in 2024, but monthly imports topped 2 million tons in July 2025. Reuters previously reported that rising imports from Indonesia pointed to a way of masking shipments of sanctioned Iranian crude transshipped in waters off Malaysia.

Imports from Saudi Arabia, China’s second-biggest supplier, fell 57% year-on-year to 3.42 million tons, or 0.83 million bpd.

Imports from the UAE and Oman nearly halted in June.

Imports from the UAE plunged 98% to 0.06 million tons, or 0.01 million bpd.

Imports from Oman slumped 96% to 0.13 million tons, or 0.03 million bpd.

Customs data showed no crude imports from the United States, Venezuela or Iran in June. ‑Reuters