Seaborne Crude Imports

摘要

With global oil demand under severe strain the outlook for global seaborne crude imports remains negative this year. Major crude importers in the US, Japan and Euro-4 are set to see oil demand fall by lm bpd, 0.65m bpd and 0.32m bpd respectively. The room for global crude imports growth this year is increasingly limited to a select group of developing Asian economies. Crude imports to China are expected to show slight growth this year of 3% as the world's third largest economy experiences a slowdown in the growth of oil demand.