India became world's No.3 crude importer

With 3.86 million barrels per day of crude oil imports, India has overtaken Japan as the world’s third-biggest crude oil importer in 2013.

World’s Top Five Oil-Importing Countries:

• China:China imports 6.30 million barrels per day
• U.S.A:USA imports 6.24 million barrels per day
• India:India imports 3.86 million barrels per day
• Japan:Japan imports 3.64 million barrels per day
• Germany:Germany imports 2.67 million barrels per day

India’s imports were nearly 6% higher than Japan’s customs-cleared imports of 3.64 million bpd (211,716,710 kilolitres).

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2014

Category: International / World Current Affairs