Commodities & Energy
China’s Fuel Export Squeeze: Could Asia’s $50 Refining Margins Become the Next Inflation Shock?
By Liveworldmarket.com Editor · Oct 3, 2026 · 10 min read
China’s Fuel Export Squeeze: Could Asia’s $50 Refining Margins Become the Next Inflation Shock? Global investors have spent much of 2026 watching crude oil. But another part of the energy market may now deserve just as much attention: the cost of refining crude oil into the fuels that households and businesses actually use. Tightening Chinese fuel exports and constrained regional supplies have pushed parts of Asia’s refining market into unusually strong territory, with gasoline refining margins moving above $50 per barrel over Brent during the recent squ
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