BEIJING — China's refined oil output edged up in 2019, industrial data showed.

Refined oil production totaled 381.39 million metric tons last year, up 3.6 percent year-on-year, data from the country's top economic planner showed. The increase was slower than 6.3 percent in 2018.

Last year's apparent consumption of natural gas rose 1.4 percent yea-on-year, with that for gasoline up 2.3 percent and that for diesel down 0.5 percent.