UPDATE 1-S.Korea's Iran crude imports surge over 80 pct y/y in March

* Iran March crude imports up 81 pct y/y -customs

* Jan-March oil imports from Iran up 111 pct y/y

* Total crude imports in March 11.52 mln T, up 3.7 pct y/y

By Rebecca Jang

SEOUL, April 15 (Reuters) - South Korea's imports of Iranian

crude oil surged 81 percent in March from the same month a year

earlier in the wake of sanctions being lifted targeting Tehran's

nuclear programme, customs data showed on Friday.

Seoul brought 1,032,938 tonnes of Iranian crude oil last

month, o

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