China: Government announces one-off batch of fuel export quotas

Announcement

29 Apr 2026

In April 2026, the Chinese government, according to several news reports, authorised state-owned refiners to export 0.5 million tonnes of refined petroleum products.

Source

Number of interventions

0 certainly harmful

0 likely harmful

1 liberalising

List of interventions

Implementation date

29 Apr 2026

Revocation date:

No revocation date

Updated: 01 May 2026

Export quota In force

Recent update from 01 May 2026:

On 29 April 2026, as reported by various news sources, the Chinese government allocated a one-off batch of export quotas for refined petroleum products such as gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. The q...