China in July 2016, cut oil imports from Russia by 21.4% from the previous month to 3,228 million tons, the General administration of customs of PRC.
Overall, the country acquired in July 31,07 million tons of oil (plus 1.2% of the index in June), informs “News of Economy”.
Thus, the supply of oil from Russia to China fell for the second month in a row, once in may they reached a record 5,245 million tons. While the supply of Russian oil in July decreased by 14.3% in annual terms.
The largest supplier of oil to China last month was to Angola, overtaking Russia and Saudi Arabia. China bought from Angola 4,719 million tons, which is 26.9% higher than the June index and a 23.3% more than in July 2015.
Oil supplies from Saudi Arabia in China decreased over the month by 11.9% to 4,025 million tons (minus 4.2% in annual terms).
