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ORIGIN BEAN CRUSH SLOWS AS CHINA GROWS
The USDA in October WASDE reduced Argentine old crop production by 700 tmt from Sep while reducing exports and crush, as Argentina loses competitiveness versus the US. Brazil crushers have also started to feel the shortage of beans, despite previously loading significant meal. Despite the changes from September, the USDA estimates major origin crush to […]
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US-China Energy Flows Belie Combative Rhetoric
Tension between the United States and China has ratcheted up in recent weeks amid increasingly hostile rhetoric. The global spread of the coronavirus has further hurt relations between Beijing and Washington, stoking the possibility of a new trade war amid a global economic slowdown. However, from a flows perspective, all seems to be fine. LPG, […]
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The To and Fro of Mexican Flows
Mexican imports of petroleum products from China and South Korea doubled between 2018 and 2019, and though the United States remains by far its largest supplier, Asian refiners have gained market share in the Central American country. Last year, Mexico imported 20,000 barrels per day of gasoline from China, up over 50% versus the previous […]
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Colombia’s Give and Take with the US
Colombian crude oil exports last year were at the slowest pace on our records, although the export of new grades has helped temper a stronger decline. Last year, the South American country began exporting its heavy Acordionero and heavy sour Apiay Blend grades, which combined represented around 3% of the country’s total crude exports. The […]
Tags: Acordionero, Apiay, Colombia, CPP, crude, latam, oil, US, USG, WTI -
Container Data Reflect Negative Impact of US-China Trade War
The signing of the Phase One trade deal between China and the US is welcomed, as the latest trade flow volumes highlight the negative impact that the trade war has had on container trade between the two countries. Figure 1: Top country to country flows between US and Asia. Bars display the level of TEU […]
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Gasoline Import Weekly
Latin American deliveries of gasoline and related products to the United States have been absent for three weeks, though we did have another strong showing from India
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Brazilian Group II Appetite Grows
Exports of Group II base oils from the United States to Brazil grew for the third consecutive year in 2019 as Brazil’s demand for more advanced lubricant formulations continues to grow. US exports of Group II products to Brazil hit a record 274,897 tons in 2019, up from 228,342 tons in 2018 and 123,788 tons […]
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US Gasoline Imports Weekly
Northwest European imports came in at 186,000 bpd, triple the level from the previous week. This is also twice of the volume of the five-year average over the same period.
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Global Distillates
As some regions increased their market share in Northwest Europe last year, others faded away. The flow of middle distillates from the United States declined 18% from 154,000 bpd in 2018 to 127,000 bpd in 2019. The result of a market awash in cargoes of middle distillate last year was the emergence of abnormal trade […]
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Domestic East
Our observed loadings make it seemingly impossible for the US to have hit a new record pace of exports to close out 2019.
Tags: exports, loadings, US