| OPEC's 13 member countries saw oil export revenues slump to their lowest level in a decade last year. Crude revenues fell nearly 46% to $518 billion in 2015, according to OPEC's annual bulletin published Wednesday.
Collapsing world oil prices also meant that OPEC countries spent more importing goods than they raised from exports for the first time in 17 years. The cartel posted a combined current account deficit of just under $100 billion in 2015, compared with a surplus of $238 billion in 2014...............................................Full Article: Source
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