China Oct crude imports up 19.7 pct on year -Customs

BEIJING, Nov 11 (Reuters) - China's October crude oil imports totalled 19.34 million tonnes compared with 17.2 million tonnes in September and up 19.7 percent from a year earlier, calculations based on customs figures showed on Wednesday.

Imports in the first 10 months rose 9.4 percent to 165.41 million tonnes, customs said. (Reporting by Eadie Chen and Tom Miles; Editing by Ken Wills) (eadie.chen@reuters.com; +8610 6627 1268; Reuters Messaging: eadie.chen.reuters.com@reuters.net))