The imports of Petroleum to Spain increased in March by 4.8% year-on-year, to exceed 4.9 million tons, with Brazil, USA and Nigeria as main suppliers, as reported by the Corporation of Strategic Reserves of Petroleum Products (Cores).
According to the data published this Monday by Cores, which reflects an increase of 8.4% in the accumulated annual figure, Spain imported 26 types of crude oil from fourteen countries in March, placing Brazil in first place, with 16.9%, after its deliveries have advanced 5%.
After this country appear USAwith 16.6% of the total and an increase of 22.5%, and Nigeriawith 13.2%, which raised them by 167.9%.
Crude oil imports from member countries of the OPEC They decreased by 15.2% in the month compared to March 2023, and accounted for 32.5% of the total.
Spain’s oil
In their case, crude oil inflows from Nigeria (167.9% more), Algeria (4.3%) and Libya (0.9%), while those of Iraq (47%) and Arabia Saudi (26%).
While those of the Non-OPEC countries They rose by 18.2% and represented 67.5% of the total.
By geographical areas, North America, With an increase of 10.4% compared to the same month of the previous year, it was the main supply area, with 32.4% of the total.
They were then placed Africawhere 27.8% of the crude oil came from; America Central and from the southwith 22.6%; East Halfwith 9.3%, and Europe and Eurasiawith 7.8%.
In the Europe area and Eurasia Once again, the non-arrival of crude oil from Russiabefore the veto of the European Union to imports of coal, oil and diesel of that country due to the invasion of Ukraine.
