S.Korea imports no Iran crude in Aug due to EU ban

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South Korea's overall crude oil imports rose 11.2 pct in August from the same month a year ago as it increased shipments from other Middle Eastern producers, according to the KNOC data released on Monday.

South Korea is the world's fifth largest crude oil importer, and one of Iran's biggest oil customers. Its imports from Iran during the first eight months of the year stood at 38.77 million barrels, down 32.2 percent from the same year ago period, KNOC said. (Reporting by Meeyoung Cho and Eunhye Shin; editing by Miral Fahmy)

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