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
1
0 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
1 liberalising
Implementation date
29 Apr 2026
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Recent update from 01 May 2026:
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