China's May Fuel Oil Exports Rise 42% Year-on-year

22/06/2026 04:50 AST

China's exports of fuel oil, mainly for low-sulphur marine fuel bunkering, rose 42% year-on-year in May, customs data showed on Saturday.

Volumes totaled 1.76 million metric tons, or about 360,695 barrels per day (bpd), up 4% from April, according to General Administration of Customs data.

Some marine fuel demand had been diverted from regional hub Singapore to China's Zhoushan due to cheaper prices at Chinese ports during most of ?May, market sources ?said.

Fuel oil imports in May extended declines after plummeting last month to what was then the lowest level since customs data for them began in 2021.

Imports of fuel oil totaled 559,346 tons ?in May, down 43% from April and 57% from a year earlier.

The imports, mostly purchased by refineries for use as feedstock, remained capped this quarter as China's independent refineries trimmed runs amid weak domestic demand for products, market sources said, according to Reuters.


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