Japan's Iran crude imports up in Jan

TEHRAN,Feb.28(MNA)--Japan's crude imports from Iran increased in January from the last month, data of Japan's Ministry of Finance showed on Monday. Crude imports from Iran were higher in January than December, as January and February tend to be the two peak months of imports in the winter season. Crude imports from Iran in January totaled 1.70 million kilolitres (345,000 barrels per day), up nearly 30,000 bpd from December imports of 1.56 million kl (317,000 bpd). The December figure was down 14.7 percent from December 2010, Reuters reported. Crude imports by Japan, Iran's No.3 customer, totaled 92.07 billion yen ($1.14 billion) in January in value terms, up from 85.2 billion in December, the data showed. This figures show the U.S. pressures on Japan to abandon Iran oil imports, have been failed.