U.S. EIA distillate fuel oil product supplied (implied demand) for the week to Oct. 2 was 5.414 mln bpd, down from 5.478 mln bpd the prior week.

Belarus’s rail shipments of gasoline and diesel to Russia fell in September ahead of planned maintenance at one refinery, but year-to-date volumes remain well above the monthly average, according to two industry sources and institutional estimates. The country supplies Russia via two domestic refineries that process Russian crude with combined capacity of about 24 mln tonnes/year (roughly 480,000 bpd). September rail gasoline shipments declined about 13% month-on-month to ~170,000 tonnes; diesel shipments fell 29% to ~105,000 tonnes; jet fuel shipments rose to ~25,000 tonnes from 9,600 tonnes in August.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued a joint ministerial statement from 12 G20 countries, the EU and Poland calling for measures to eliminate excess capacity and output in national economies.