Singapore-China’s crude oil purchases from Russia jumped 52.4% year on year to a record high in April, propelling it to the top spot for the second month in a row, but May purchases from Russia could slow because of higher flat prices, traders said. Russia shipped 4.81 million mt, or 1.17 million b/d, of crude to China in April, about 36,910 b/d higher than the last peak of 1.14 million b/d recorded in December last year, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs Tuesday.
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