Jan crude imports from Iran fall 50% on year to 379,000 b/d US crude imports zero in Jan; Russia remains top supplier Singapore — China’s crude imports from Venezuela surged 50.7% month on month to 411,000 b/d or 1.74 million mt in January, posting the fifth month in a row of increase after hitting a four-year low last September, data released by the General Administration of Customs showed Tuesday. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Imports from Venezuela stood at 808,593 mt last September, the lowest since September 2014, when imports totaled 607,795 mt, GAC data showed. Despite the month-on-month surge in crude imports from Venezuela in January, the total was still down 6.5% year on year. Among the top suppliers of crude to China in January, supply from Iran saw the deepest reduction, falling 49.6% year on year and 25.2% from […]