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The average global bunker price decreased at a higher rate than WTI crude in March 2013, according to Bunker Index price data

The WTI settlement average fell by $0.39 per barrel, or 0.42 percent, to $92.98 per barrel in the month of March. However, during the same period, the BIX global bunker average declined by $27.77 per tonne, or 3.3 percent, to $816.96 per tonne.

Between March 2012 and March 2013, the WTI monthly average fell by $13.27 per barrel, or 12.5 percent, from $106.25 to $92.98 per barrel, whilst the BIX monthly global average declined by $85.18 per tonne, or 9.4 percent, from $902.14 to $816.96 per tonne.

Please find below tables of monthly WTI crude settlement averages and BIX global bunker averages between January 2011 and March 2013.

Month	WTI Average($/bbl)	+/-	+/-(%)
Mar 2013	92.98	-0.39	-0.42
Feb 2013	93.37	-1.52	-1.60
Jan 2013	94.89	+6.64	+7.52
Dec 2012	88.25	+1.49	+1.72
Nov 2012	86.76	-2.81	-3.14
Oct 2012	89.57	-4.99	-5.28
Sep 2012	94.56	+0.39	+0.41
Aug 2012	94.17	+6.24	+7.10
Jul 2012	87.93	+5.53	+6.71
Jun 2012	82.40	-12.32	-13.00
May 2012	94.72	-8.63	-8.35
Apr 2012	103.35	-2.90	-2.73
Mar 2012	106.25	+3.84	+3.75
Feb 2012	102.41	+2.09	+2.08
Jan 2012	100.32	+1.74	+1.77
Dec 2011	98.58	+1.42	+1.46
Nov 2011	97.16	+10.73	+12.41
Oct 2011	86.43	+0.82	+0.96
Sep 2011	85.61	-0.75	-0.87
Aug 2011	86.36	-10.99	-11.29
Jul 2011	97.35	+1.01	+1.05
Jun 2011	96.34	-5.02	-4.95
May 2011	101.36	-8.69	-7.90
Apr 2011	110.05	+7.06	+6.86
Mar 2011	102.98	+12.96	+14.39
Feb 2011	90.03	+0.45	+0.50
Jan 2011	89.58

Month	BIX Average ($/mt)	+/- ($)	+/- (%)
Mar 2013	816.96	-27.77	-3.3
Feb 2013	844.73	+21.31	+2.6
Jan 2013	823.42	+19.38	+2.4
Dec 2012	804.04	-6.05	-0.7
Nov 2012	810.09	-23.85	-2.9
Oct 2012	833.94	-19.14	-2.2
Sep 2012	853.08	+20.09	+2.4
Aug 2012	832.99	+47.42	+6.0
Jul 2012	785.57	+10.62	+1.4
Jun 2012	774.95	-70.59	-8.3
May 2012	845.54	-43.51	-4.9
Apr 2012	889.05	-13.09	-1.5
Mar 2012	902.14	+28.38	+3.2
Feb 2012	873.76	+24.73	+2.9
Jan 2012	849.03	+30.85	+3.8
Dec 2011	818.18	-16.64	-2.0
Nov 2011	834.82	+20.21	+2.5
Oct 2011	814.61	-5.29	-0.6
Sep 2011	819.90	+0.52	+0.06
Aug 2011	819.38	-15.42	-1.8
Jul 2011	834.80	+11.61	+1.4
Jun 2011	823.19	+1.11	+0.1
May 2011	822.08	-24.57	-2.9
Apr 2011	846.65	+46.40	+5.8
Mar 2011	800.25	+71.17	+9.8
Feb 2011	729.08	+62.34	+9.3
Jan 2011	666.74	+29.67	+4.7