Oil bill soars to JD1.4 billion

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AMMAN — The Kingdom’s bill of crude oil, derivatives, and mineral oils increased by 68.1 percent during the first five months of the year, the Department of Statistics (DoS) said, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.اضافة اعلان

The oil bill shot up to JD1.392 billion in the first five months of the year, compared with JD828 million in the same period of last year, according to foreign trade data released by DoS Monday.

Fuel and mineral oils topped the list of the Kingdom’s imports of oil derivatives, reaching  JD457 million, compared with  JD304 million in the same period of last year. It is followed by crude petroleum at  JD329 million, compared with  JD261 million in the same period of last year.

The Kingdom’s diesel imports were at about  JD309 million, gasoline  JD275 million, kerosene about  JD9 million and lubricants about 13 million dinars.


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