Platts discontinues ULSD DAP South Brazil assessments

Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, has discontinued ULSD DAP assessments for cargoes delivered to South Brazil effective Nov. 3.

The discontinuation follows the decision to launch new port-specific all-origin assessments, which streamline the Platts suite of assessments in the region while providing greater transparency to diesel cargoes delivered on a DAP basis to Paranagua, Santos, Itaqui, Suape and Aratu, respectively, in Brazil.

Platts announced it would discontinue its ULSD DAP South Brazil assessments Aug. 8 in a subscriber note .

The Platts symbols affected by this discontinuation, as well as their corresponding weekly and monthly averages, are as follows:

Platts originally launched the ULSD DAP South Brazil (All-Origin) assessment and related spreads on Sept. 1, 2023. More details can be found here .

The assessments appeared on Platts Global Alert and Platts Refined Products pages 24, 164, 170, 165, 471, 24 and 2040.

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