S.Korea says Oct crude imports up 6.3 pct y/y

SEOUL | Fri Nov 20, 2009 2:05am EST

SEOUL Nov 20 (Reuters) - October crude imports by South Korea, the world's fifth-largest crude buyer, were up 6.3 percent from the year before to 75.23 million barrels, state-run Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC) said on Friday.

Domestic oil product demand in October was up 9.9 percent at 66.27 million barrels from a year earlier, KNOC said. (Reporting by Cho Meeyoung and Shin Jieun; Editing by Chris Lewis)

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