China increased oil imports from Russia by 24.4% in January-September

Russian oil supplies to China in January-September increased year-on-year by 24.4% and amounted to 79.9 million tons, according to the data published on the website of the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China, Report informs referring to TASS.

At the same time, the cost of raw materials purchased by China from Russia during this period decreased by 2.3% compared to the same period last year, to $43.6 billion.

Russia remains the largest oil supplier to China, ahead of Saudi Arabia and Iraq.

Separately, in September, China imported 8.7 million tons from Russia, which is 17% less than in August.