Japan's March oil imports fall 0.2 pc y/y

TOKYO: Japan's crude oil imports fell 0.2 percent in March from a year earlier to 3.21 million barrels per day (15.83 million kilolitres), the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) said on Friday.

Japan's domestic oil product sales last month fell 2.9 percent from a year earlier to 2.98 million barrels per day (bpd), the data showed.

Gasoline sales dropped 5.1 percent to 831,505 bpd, while kerosene sales slumped 12.2 percent from a year earlier to 309,180 bpd, according to the data.