Taiwan’s base oils exports to southeast Asia and India slumped to a two-year low in October, forcing buyers to line up alternative supplies from other sources.Base oils exports to southeast Asia fell to 3,600t in October, government data showed.The volume fell from 12,200t the previous month to the lowest in a year.Most of the shipments moved to Indonesia and Vietnam.There was an almost complete halt in exports to Singapore.The fall in shipments coincided with a drop in supplies from Japan to the island-state.There were no base oils shipments from Taiwan to India in October for the first time in eight months.Exports to the country had averaged close to 9,000 t/month in the first nine months of the year.Base oil exports of 3,600t to southeast Asia and India combined fell from more than 24,500t the previous month.Taiwan’s exports fell because of the shutdown of its Group II base oils plant from October for scheduled maintenance work..Taiwan’s Oct base oils exports fall
Taiwan’s base oils exports to southeast Asia and India slumped to a two-year low in October, forcing buyers to line up alternative supplies from other sources.Base oils exports to southeast Asia fell to 3,600t in October, government data showed.The volume fell from 12,200t the previous month to the lowest in a year.Most of the shipments moved to Indonesia and Vietnam.There was an almost complete halt in exports to Singapore.The fall in shipments coincided with a drop in supplies from Japan to the island-state.There were no base oils shipments from Taiwan to India in October for the first time in eight months.Exports to the country had averaged close to 9,000 t/month in the first nine months of the year.Base oil exports of 3,600t to southeast Asia and India combined fell from more than 24,500t the previous month.Taiwan’s exports fell because of the shutdown of its Group II base oils plant from October for scheduled maintenance work..Taiwan’s Oct base oils exports fall
