{
  "id": 257456,
  "title": "China’s Crude Imports Bounce Back After Historic June Slump",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/chinas-crude-imports-bounce-back-after-historic-june-slump",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-07T08:15:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "OilPrice",
    "slug": "oilprice",
    "url": "https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Chinas-Crude-Imports-Bounce-Back-After-Historic-June-Slump.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "China’s crude oil imports reversed an earlier decline, rising by 22% from June to an average daily of 8.45 million barrels, or a total of 35.73 million tons, Bloomberg reported today, citing customs data. China slashed its total crude oil imports to a decade low in June, culminating three months of very low import levels amid high prices and constrained supply from the Middle East. Beijing could…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}