Japan’s February oil product sales drop 20% from year ago: METI

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Tokyo—Japan sold 16.06 million kl (3.61 million b/d) of oil products in February, down 20.1% from the same month in 2008, according to preliminary figures released March 31 by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.It is the ninth consecutive month sales have fallen year on year and the first time there has been a 20% drop since METI started compiling statistics in 1978, a ministry official said.