(Corrects throughout to read Dec imports fell, not rose)
SEOUL, Jan 1 (Reuters) - South Korea's crude oil imports fell 3.0 percent in December from a year earlier to 96.8 million barrels, preliminary data from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy showed on Monday.
Final data will be released later this month by state-run Korea National Oil Corp (KNOC).
Details of preliminary imports and previous actual figures are as follows:
(In millions of barrels)
Dec 2017 Nov 2017* Dec 2016*Crude Oil 96.894.799.8
* Actual import figures
Note: The ministry does not break down imports by country of origin. South Korea's total crude imports in November increased 3.3 percent to 94.7 million barrels year-on-year, according to KNOC data last month. (Reporting by Heekyong Yang; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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