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Economy April 8, 2019 | 9:24 am

Oil imports jump 30% to US$3.7B in 2018

Santo Domingo.- The value of oil imports jumped 30% last year, to US$3.7 billion at yearend 2018, according to data from Dominican Republic's Central Bank. The average oil price in 2018 was US$58.45 per barrel. It was US$47.18 in 2017. Central Bank figures also show that 63.8 million barrels of fuels were purchased in international markets in 2018, or three million more than a year before. ... Read more

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