S.Korea's Jan crude oil imports up 19.9% y/y - preliminary data

S.Korea's Jan crude oil imports up 19.9% y/y - preliminary data

SEOUL, Feb 1 (Reuters) - South Korea's January crude oil imports rose 19.9% to 92.2 million barrels from a year earlier, preliminary data from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy showed on Tuesday.

Final data will be released later this month by state-run Korea National Oil Corp.

Details are as follows (in millions of barrels):

* Actual import figures

Note: The ministry does not break down imports by country of origin.

Reporting by Joori Roh; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips

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