Japan's Bonded Bunker Fuel Sales Grow 9% in October

by Ship & Bunker News Team
Friday December 16, 2016

According to information from Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), bonded bunker sales in the country reached 2.678 million barrels during the month of October, up 9 percent compared to September and 14.1 percent year on year, reports Platts.

Meanwhile, Japan's bonded marine diesel oil sales saw a 12.3 percent drop from the previous month, declining to 17,202 kiloliters, or 108,201 barrels, during October - still a year-on-year increase of 63.5 percent.

Japan is noted to have imported 5,057 kiloliters, or 31,808 barrels, of bonded bunker fuel oil in October, a 0.8 percent from the previous month.

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