The country saw imports fall 11.4% year-on-year to 5.75mt, the lowest volume since October 2010 when it was 5.22mt.
Mild temperatures and sluggish demand in downstream markets were partly responsible for the decline in imports, the Ministry of Finance said.
Shipments from Australia fell 14.8% from a year ago to 1.2mt due to the unplanned shutdown of the North West Shelf plant.
However,
