SAUDI ARABIA WANTS TO INCREASE OIL SALES TO JAPAN
Saudi Arabia hopes to increase the volume
of its oil exports to Japan through expanding bilateral trade,
Saudi Arabian Interior Minister Naif bin Abdul-Aziz said.
    He told a Tokyo reception his country hopes to raise crude
and products exports to Japan to earlier levels, but did not
elaborate. To promote trade, Saudi Arabia is inviting Japanese
industries to do business there, he said.
    Japanese firms now have long-term contracts to import a
total of 150,000 barrels per day of Saudi crude.
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