Russian refiners boosted diesel production after Moscow imposed export quotas as part of the Kremlin deal with the United States. Daily production fell to 160,000 tonnes in the first half of the month from 175,000 tonnes in September. After the introduction of quotas in mid-October, it began to increase, approaching 180,000 tons per day. Domestic consumption of diesel fuel in Russia usually drops to 140,000 tons per day in October, after the end of the grain harvest and the summer road transport season, leaving at least 40,000 tons per day for export, which is more than a million tons per month. Between 200,000 and 300,000 tons of this volume is expected to be transferred to neighboring countries under intergovernmental agreements. Russia is expected to maintain the ban on diesel exports, which took effect in August, and use quotas to control fuel exports from the country. The first batch of diesel fuel on the vessel Maltese Agioi Fanendes left Primorsk on October 23 with a cargo of 40,000 tons of low sulfur diesel fuel. Arrival in New York is expected on November 7. The average price of diesel in the US on October 23 was $6.32 a gallon, compared to $3.63 a year earlier. It is doubtful whether this volume will affect the market. At least two other tanks carrying Russian diesel fuel have been pointed to destinations in Turkey and Brazil.

Russian refiners boosted diesel production after Moscow imposed export quotas as part of the Kremlin deal with the United States. Daily production fell to 160,000 tonnes in the first half of the month from 175,000 tonnes in September. After the introduction of quotas in mid-October, it began to increase, approaching 180,000 tons per day. Domestic consumption of diesel fuel in Russia usually drops to 140,000 tons per day in October, after the end of the grain harvest and the summer road transport season, leaving at least 40,000 tons per day for export, which is more than a million tons per month. Between 200,000 and 300,000 tons of this volume is expected to be transferred to neighboring countries under intergovernmental agreements. Russia is expected to maintain the ban on diesel exports, which took effect in August, and use quotas to control fuel exports from the country. The first batch of diesel fuel on the vessel Maltese Agioi Fanendes left Primorsk on October 23 with a cargo of 40,000 tons of low sulfur diesel fuel. Arrival in New York is expected on November 7. The average price of diesel in the US on October 23 was $6.32 a gallon, compared to $3.63 a year earlier. It is doubtful whether this volume will affect the market. At least two other tanks carrying Russian diesel fuel have been pointed to destinations in Turkey and Brazil.