Oil imports decline for 13th month (Japan)

Crude oil imports fell 11 percent in May from a year earlier, declining for a 13th month.

Crude oil imports fell to 17.5 million kiloliters last month, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said in a report Friday.

Japan, the world’s largest consumer of oil after the U.S. and China, imports more than 99 percent of its oil, according to government data.