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EN590 Commodities GroupEN590 / Diesel 2026-09-18T08:30:00+00:00
China exported 6.01 million tons of refined fuels in August, an annual increase of 12.7%, according to Chinese customs datacitedby Reuters today. The total volume exceeded pre-war levels, with jet fuel exports at an all-time high. The total for the first eight months of the year, however, was down by 9.6% on the same period of 2025, due to the fuel export curbs the government in Beijing imposed earlier in the year in response to the crude oil crunch resulting from the war in the Middle East. The Chinese government moved to ban all fuel exports in early March, days after the war in the Middle East erupted and led to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, prompting a sudden energy commodity supply crunch. The ban was almost total, with the exception of some volumes shipping out to certain coun

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