Japan naphtha imports rise by 22% to 1.29m tonnes in October
28 November 2011 10:02 [Source: ICIS news]
TOKYO (ICIS)--
This amounted to $1.24bn (€930m) in value, which is a 20% increase from $1.03bn September, according to the METI.
The average price of naphtha was at $958.7/tonne, down by 0.8% from $966/tonne the previous month, the data showed.
($1 = €0.75)
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