Japan imports 22% oil from UAE

Japanese oil imports from the UAE stood at 23.9 million barrels per day in May, representing 22.7 per cent of Japan's total oil imports, Japanese figures showed.

"Total imports for May fell for the eighth running month to 105.3 mbpd in May, down by 17.5 per cent against the same month last year, according to a report by the Japanese Agency for Natural Resources and Energy. Arab crude oil formed 82.2 per cent of Japan's oil imports for the month.