Saudi Arabia’s crude oil exports in March fell to 7.235 million barrels per day from 7.307 million bpd in February, official data showed on Monday.

Monthly export figures are provided by Riyadh and other members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to the Joint Organizations Data Initiative (JODI), which published them on its website.

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