India is the fourth biggest oil importer in the world
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With the government planning to increase oil prices again, let's take a look at some of the biggest oil importers in the world.
Source: Business Insider
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Image: Cars queue for petrol at a station in Dubai.
Photographs: Stringer/Reuters
India is the fourth biggest oil importer in the world
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The United States
Net oil import (2011): 8.7 million barrels per day
Global rank: 1
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Image: The Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge is seen from the 90th storey of One World Trade Center in New York.
Photographs: Lucas Jackson/Reuters
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China
Net oil import (2011): 5.5 million barrels per day
Global rank: 2
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Image: A view of Xiangjiang River in Changsha, Hunan province, China.
Photographs: China Daily China Daily Information Corp/Reuters
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Japan
Net oil import (2011): 4.3 million barrels per day
Global rank: 3
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Image: Japan's Mt Fuji, covered with snow, is seen through Shinjuku skyscrapers in Tokyo.
Photographs: Kimimasa Mayama/Reuters
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India
Net oil import (2011): 2.3 million barrels per day
Global rank: 4
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Image: Shoppers leave a retail store inside a shopping mall in Mumbai.
Photographs: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters
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Germany
Net oil import (2011): 2.3 million barrels per day
Global rank: 4
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Image: People are reflected in a shop window as they walk in Potsdamer Street in Berlin.
Photographs: Thomas Peter/Reuters
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South Korea
Net oil import (2011): 2.2 million barrels per day
Global rank: 6
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Image: A view of Seoul.
Photographs: Lee Jae Won/Reuters
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France
Net oil import (2011): 1.7 million barrels per day
Global rank: 7
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Image: Tourists walk past the Orsay Museum in Paris.
Photographs: Charles Platiau/Reuters
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Spain
Net oil import (2011): 1.3 million barrels per day
Global rank: 8
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Image: Tourists stroll along Barcelona's harbour in Barcelona.
Photographs: Gustau Nacarino/Reuters












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