German Oil Imports From Syria, Iran Fell Last Year, Report Shows
German imports of crude oil from Syria and Iran fell last year while Europe’s biggest economy doubled its imports of the fuel from Iraq, the Berlin-based Economy Ministry said today in a report.
Crude oil imports from Iran declined 45 percent to 821,000 tons, ranking it 15th among German suppliers. Imports from 9th- ranked Syria declined 42 percent to 1.57 million tons, the report said. Imports of crude oil from Iraq rose 50 percent to 759,000 tons from in 2010.
The report showed that Russia remained Germany’s biggest source of crude last year, increasing its exports to 35.2 million tons from 33.9 million tons. Germany’s total imports of crude oil last year declined 2.9 percent to 90.5 million tons, the report said.
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