Energy:
1. Ukrainian Prime Minister: Russian attack caused Ukraine's natural gas production to lose nearly 50%.
2. Ukraine will maintain household electricity prices until October 31.
3. Argentina's state energy company YPF said it would cut gasoline and diesel prices by 4% from May 1.
4. Spanish refinery Petronor said it was gradually resuming operations at its Bilbao refinery after a power outage.
5. Kazakhstan's oil exports in the first quarter increased 7% year-on-year to 1.63 million barrels per day, according to Reuters calculations based on official data.
6. Kazakhstan's crude oil production from April 1 to 28 fell 3% from the March average to 1.814 million barrels per day, still above the OPEC+ quota, according to sources and Reuters calculations.
7. Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry: Total sales of refined oil products fell 4.3% year-on-year in March, gasoline sales fell 1.9% year-on-year, and kerosene sales fell 16.9% year-on-year.
Others:
1. The price of rice in Japan hit a record high, and the government plans to release three-year-old rice.
2. The steel PMI in April was 50.6%, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous month, and has risen for three consecutive months.
3. World Gold Council: Q1 global gold demand hit the highest level in the first quarter since 2016, and the total holdings of gold ETFs in the Chinese market hit a record high.
4. The U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide up to $1.3 billion in funds to specialty crop producers, which will be used for categories such as fruits, vegetables and nuts.
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Gene Seroka, executive director of the Port of Los Angeles, the largest and busiest container port in the United States, said on the 29th that as the U.S. tariff policy causes companies to cut import orders, the inbound cargo volume at the Port of Los Angeles is expected to fall by more than 35% next week compared with the same period last year.
