Iran's oil shipments to China triple in 3 years despite sanctions - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Jul 31, 2023

This aerial photo taken on August 4, 2019 shows tugboats berthing an oil tanker at Qingdao port in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province. - China's good shipments abroad beat expectations to rise in July while its purchases continued to shrink, official data showed on August 8. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images) — This aerial photo taken on Aug. 4, 2019, shows tugboats berthing an oil tanker at Qingdao port in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province. — AFP via Getty Images

An oil tanker unloads imported crude oil at Qingdao port in China's eastern Shandong province on May 9, 2022. - China OUT (Photo by AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

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