p>China produced 13.27-mil mt of gasoil in August 2010, modestly down 1.37% from the previous month, according to the data from the National Bureau of Statistics.
The drop came when domestic refineries cut crude throughput by 1.56% amid maintenance, though they edged up gasoil output ratio by 0.08 percentage points to 38.21% amid stronger demand from fishing and agriculture.
China's gasoil output added up to 103.20-mil mt in the first eight months of 2010, up 13.78% year-on-year, the data also shows.
China's Gasoil Output in Aug'10 | Unit: -mil mt | ||||
Aug'10 | MOM % | YOY % | Jan-Aug'10 | YOY % | |
Gasoil output | 13.27 | -1.37% | 5.13% | 103.20 | 13.78% |
Gasoil output ratio | 38.21% | / | / | 37.41% | / |
Source: National Bureau of Statistics of PRC | |||||
