OIL: China Crude Imports Rose in October
Nov-07 08:31
China's crude oil imports in October rose to 48.36m tons, or 11.4mb/d, from 47.25m tons in Sep and 8.2% higher on the year, General Administration of Customs data showed.
- Refineries operated at their highest utilisation rates this year amid improving margins. CDU capacity utilisation rates at state-owned in China averaged 80.50% in last October while at independent refineries, CDU rates were at 62.38%, OilChem showed.
- Seaborne crude imports rose to 10.4mb/d in October, up 6% from September and 9% year-on-year, Vortexa data showed. Imports from West Africa and Brazil rose due to favourable arbitrage economics, Kpler said cited by Reuters.
- Jan-Oct 2025 crude oil imports rose 3.1% on the year to 471.0m tons, customs data showed.
- China’ s refined oil product exports fell to 4.521m tons from 5.141m tons in September while year to date fell 3.3% year on year to 47.527m tons.
- Oil product imports fell to 3.514m tons from 3.948m tons in September from while Jan-Oct volumes fell 16.3% year on year to 34.193m tons.
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ESM ISSUANCE: RFP issued: Expect a transaction next week
Oct-08 08:28
- “Today ESM has sent a Request for Proposal to a selection of banks from the EFSF/ESM Market Group with regards to an upcoming transaction, subject to market conditions.”
- This likely means a transaction on Mon/Tues next week (14/15 October).
- We pencil in a transaction of around E1.75bln (E1.5-2.0bln).
- The annual funding target was for E7bln and so far there have been 3/10-year EUR issues for E2bln each and a 5-year USD issue for USD2bln.
FOREX: FX OPTION EXPIRY
Oct-08 08:24
Of Note:
EURUSD 1.28bn at 1.1650.
EURUSD 1.7bn at 1.1650 (fri).
AUDUSD 1.1bn at 0.6545/0.6550 (fri).
AUDUSD 1.01bn at 0.6500 (tue).
- EURUSD: 1.1600 (370mln), 1.1625 (325mln), 1.1650 (1.28bn), 1.1660 (250mln), 1.1675 (285mln), 1.1700 (1.21bn).
- USDJPY: 152.00 (308mln).
- USDCAD: 1.3975 (392mln), 1.4000 (300mln).
SOFR: SFRZ6/H7 Lifted
Oct-08 08:11
SFRZ6/H7 paper paid -0.5 on ~6.6K, taken bid over for the balance of an 8K order, with another ~1.1K lots trading on the follow. Small bid left.
