*Look at India’s annual crude import stats for 2022 and it’s all good news for Iraq, with the key Mideast exporter seemingly cementing its leading position in its top export market. India’s imports from Iraq were up almost 5% at a record 1.07mn b/d for 2022, more than 240,000 b/d ahead of second placed Saudi Arabia on 830,000 b/d (see chart 1 and table for full data).