China imported 340,000 metric tons of diesel in June and exported 200,000 tons of the fuel, according to data published Wednesday by the Hong Kong-based China Customs Statistics Information Centre.

In the first half of this year, diesel imports totaled 1.03 million tons, an increase of 35% from a year earlier, the data showed. Exports dropped 57% to 1.12 million tons.

China exported 320,000 tons of gasoline in June and didn't import any of the fuel, according to the data.

During the January-June period, gasoline exports reached 2.39 million tons, a decline of 22% from a year ago, while imports were up 58% to 101 tons, the data showed.

Last month's fuel oil and liquefied natural gas imports were at 2.22 million tons and 1.04 million tons, respectively, according to the CCS data.

Import and export data supplied by CCS are rounded, and can be slightly different from official data due to be released Thursday by China 's General Administration of Customs.

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