Highlights Russia overtakes Saudi Arabia to be China’s top crude supplier in Dec Saudi Arabia helps Middle East increase market share to 50% in 2021 Value of China’s crude imports from the US fall 12% in 2021 Iranian crude inflows were seen in China’s official data in December for the first time in 2021, at 260,312 mt or 61,551 b/d, General Administration of Customs data released Jan. 20 showed. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The last time Iranian supply was seen in GAC data was in December 2020, at 518,758 mt. The cargo of Iranian crude last month has been stored in bonded storage in southern China’s Guangdong province, sources with knowledge about the matter said, adding that almost all the barrels from Iran released by GAC since the sanctions were enforced were in bonded storage. However, the actual volume […]