south Korea's oil imports rise 8% in february

摘要

Seoul-South Korea imported 70.43 million barrels of crude oil last month, up 7.9% from 65.54 million barrels a year ago, data released March 31 by the government showed. Meanwhile, South Korea's cost of crude imports jumped 36.3% year on year to $6.86 billion during the month due to higher inter- national oil prices, the Ministry of Knowledge Economy, which is responsible for the energy industry, said in a statement.