CHINA imported record quantities of Russian Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and steelmaking coal in September, with total purchases of energy products hitting US$50 billion since the war in Ukraine, reports Bloomberg News.
Coal imports from Russia jumped to 2.5 million tonnes in September, from 900,000 tonnes in the same month last year and 1.9 million tonnes in August.
LNG sales rose to 819,000 tonnes, despite a 12 per cent decline in China's overall purchases of the super-chilled fuel.
Crude oil imports from Russia were at 7.5 million tonnes last month, compared with 8.3 million tonnes in August and 6.1 million tonnes a year ago.
Total purchases of Russian energy slowed to $7.5 billion from a revised record of $8.4 billion in August.
It brings the total to $51 billion in the seven months since the war in Ukraine began.
Over the same period in 2021, China's energy purchases from Russia were $30 billion.
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