China's June refined oil product exports improved from May, but still tumbled from the same period last year, amid export restrictions that started in mid-March to safeguard domestic supply in the wake of the Iran war.
China is one of Asia's largest fuel exporters, and the higher export allowance would ease tight supplies as regional refiners curtailed output because of war-related crude shortages.
China's refined products exports, including gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, to Hong Kong and Macau totaled 643,712 tons, slightly up 4% from last June.
China's refined oil products exports to regions apart from Hong Kong and Macau stood at 804,968 tons in June, down 64% from the same period last year, but up 11% from May.
Gasoline exports totaled 76,753 tons, excluding volume to Hong Kong and Macau, to Asian regions. Cambodia received 30,267 tons and Sri Lanka received 30,000 tons as the two biggest recipients. Exports to Myanmar were 9,512 tons.
China exported 245,904 tons of diesel to regions excluding Hong Kong and Macau, mainly to Asian countries, with exports to Bangladesh standing at 118,408 tons as the biggest export destination.
China exported 55,846 tons of biodiesel, mainly to Belgium and the Netherlands, in June.
It remains unclear if Beijing's export restrictions cover biodiesel, mainly made from used cooking oil.
Jet fuel exports, excluding Hong Kong and Macau, stood at 426,465 tons, down 15% from May and slumped 64% from a year ago, with the biggest export destination, Vietnam, at 110,340 tons.
