Gasoline export through Dalian Customs was 140,646mt in June, higher than any other customs, data from the General Administration of Customs indicated.

The volume was up by 68.83% from the previous month and up by 38.34% from the same period last year.

Dalian Wepec, which contributed 43.5% of the export, hiked its gasoline export by nearly 70% with maintenance complete in early May, market sources said.

Many refineries exporting gasoline are located in Northeast China, of which Sino-foreign joint-venture Dalian Wepec is a major one.

Shenyang Customs and Nanjing Customs took the second and the third places with 67,679mt and 45,247mt of gasoline exports, respectively, according to the GAC data.