European exports set to fill US gasoline gap, shortage seen in Q3

London (Platts)--6Apr2005

European gasoline prices fell Wednesday to $34/mt below Monday's all-time high
of $576/mt and near the level for the economics to be in place for European
exports to fill the gaps in US gasoline stocks for months ahead, market
sources said. 

With the US Department of Energy expected to announce its fourth straight draw
in gasoline stockpiles after the New York market opening Wednesday, European
cargo traders said they expected the US Atlantic Coast to be adequately
supplied for the next three months. "The European gasoline cargo market is
confident of supplying all the needs of the USAC during April, May and June,"
said one trader. The market, however, forecasts possible shortfalls in
supplies to the USAC during July and August. "The US is fundamentally short
of gasoline and over the past couple of years, the percentage of that
shortfall being filled from Europe has risen," said one market source who
sells Eurograde gasoline and conventional US M-Grade gasoline to the USAC.

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