Tokyo, May 21 (Jiji Press)--Japan's crude oil imports from the Middle East plunged 67.2 pct in April from a year earlier amid escalating tensions involving Iran, the Finance Ministry said in a preliminary report Thursday. The decline was the steepest since 1980, when

財務省が21日に発表した4月の貿易統計(速報)で、中東からの原油の輸入量が前年同月より67.2%減少したことが明らかになった。ナフサなどを含む「揮発油」の輸入も79.4%減少した。イラン情勢の緊迫化…

Japan has reported its exports soared nearly 15% in April from a year earlier as its trade remained robust despite worries over supplies of oil and gas due to the war in Iran