South Korea's August crude imports tumbled 22.3% from a year earlier,with refiners taking less shipments from Saudi Arabia and the US amid growing concerns that fragile consumer sentiment and tepid economic activity would put significant pressure on the domestic oil demand,industry sources said.The world's fourth-biggest crude buyer imported 75.33 million barrels,or 2.43 million b/d,of crude in August,the latest data from Korea National Oil Corp.showed,compared with 96.92 million barrels received a year earlier.The August shipments marked the smallest in 14 months since 74.06 million barrels were imported in June 2022.Through the first eight months of this year,South Korea has imported 661.43 million barrels of crude,down 5% from the same period a year earlier
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