China's May Crude Imports from Russia Hit New Record

China's crude oil imports in May from Russia hit a fresh record at 5.245 million tonnes, or about 1.24 million barrels per day (bpd), up 33.7 percent from a year earlier, data from the Chinese General Administration of Customs showed on Tuesday.

Shipments from second-ranking supplier Saudi Arabia grew 33.6 percent last month over the year-ago level to around 961,000 bpd, the data showed.

Imports from Iran rose 19.5 percent on a year ago to about 619,300 bpd.

(tonne= 7.3 barrels) (Reporting by Meng Meng and Chen Aizhu