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Atlantic Basin Faces Clean Product Import Weakness October

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Atlantic Basin clean product imports slipped outwith the 7-year range in October according to Vortexa driven by European flows dropping.

  • Its seaborne clean product imports slipped 3% comparing June-Oct 2023 to Jan-May 2023 and dropped 6% compared to June-Oct 2022. This was due to a closed diesel arb from East of Suez markets and declining naphtha imports from Algeria according to Vortexa.
  • Nigeria’s gasoline subsidy being slashed also contributed to Atlantic Basin weakness. Nigerian gasoline imports fell 36% from Apr-Oct 2023 compared to the same period in 2022.
  • It has backed out nearly 200kbd of European gasoline before the Dangote refinery starts up.
  • Signs of Atlantic Basin strength meanwhile were higher gasoline flows into the US and Canada East Coast during peak driving season this year and strong diesel imports into Brazil Sep/Oct.




source: Vortexa

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