South Korea 's crude-oil imports fell 6.9% on the year to 68.2 million barrels in April due to sluggish domestic demand for fossil fuels, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said Wednesday.

In terms of value, South Korea 's overall energy imports decreased 5.5% on year in April, the ministry said, due to lower crude import prices as well as falling demand for crude and coal at home.

The crude-oil import price was $109.4 a barrel, down 12% from $124.4 last April, it said.

The value of South Korea 's crude imports fell 18.1% on the year to $7.46 billion.

Inbound shipments of petroleum products increased 21.8% compared with the same period last year to $2.56 billion, while imports of liquefied natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas increased by 13.3% on year to $3.13 billion, according to the ministry's preliminary data.

Imports of coal for April were down 1.1% on year at $1.12 billion.

The ministry didn't provide a breakdown of figures by country for the import sources.

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