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The end-of-week Bunker Index (BIX) - the daily average worldwide bunker price quoted in US$ per metric tonne - fell for the fourth consecutive week on December 4th, according to Bunker Index price data.

The global price was down $10.65, or 2.6 percent, to $397.53 per tonne on December 4th compared with $408.18 per tonne on November 27th.

The $397.53 figure is the lowest end-of-week price of the year so far. Last week also recorded the lowest daily worldwide average of 2015 on Thursday, December 3rd with a figure of $396.91 per tonne.

As well as being the fourth successive price drop, it is also the seventh decline in eight weeks.

To access the full Bunker Index (BIX) archive, please click on the following link below.

http://www.bunkerindex.com/prices/bixfree.php?priceindex_id=1

Please find a summary of end-of-week BIX prices below (in US$ per tonne) since the start of the year.

Bunker Index (BIX):

04/12 (Week 49) - 397.53 (-10.65, -2.6%)

27/11 (Week 48) - 408.18 (-4.46, -1.1%)

20/11 (Week 47) - 412.64 (-6.11, -1.5%)

13/11 (Week 46) - 418.75 (-11.83, -2.7%)

06/11 (Week 45) - 430.58 (+3.67, +0.9%)

30/10 (Week 44) - 426.91 (-3.86, -0.9%)

23/10 (Week 43) - 430.77 (-5.03, -1.2%)

16/10 (Week 42) - 435.80 (-9.89, -2.2%)

09/10 (Week 41) - 445.69 (+10.71, +2.5%)

02/10 (Week 40) - 434.98 (-3.42, -0.8%)

25/09 (Week 39) - 438.40 (-0.78, -0.2%)

18/09 (Week 38) - 439.18 (+5.37, +1.2%)

11/09 (Week 37) - 433.81 (-12.41, -2.8%)

04/09 (Week 36) - 446.22 (+14.19, +3.3%)

28/08 (Week 35) - 432.03 (-7.84, -1.8%)

21/08 (Week 34) - 439.87 (-16.85, -3.7%)

14/08 (Week 33) - 456.72 (-2.86, -0.6%)

07/08 (Week 32) - 459.58 (-16.19, -3.4%)

31/07 (Week 31) - 475.77 (-10.06, -2.1%)

24/07 (Week 30) - 485.83 (-12.53, -2.5%)

17/07 (Week 29) - 498.36 (-7.15, -1.4%)

10/07 (Week 28) - 505.51 (-17.61, -3.4%)

03/07 (Week 27) - 523.12 (-4.68, -0.9%)

26/06 (Week 26) - 527.80 (-9.80, -1.8%)

19/06 (Week 25) - 537.60 (-0.79, -0.15%)

12/06 (Week 24) - 538.39 (+4.09, +0.8%)

05/06 (Week 23) - 534.30 (-2.61, -0.5%)

29/05 (Week 22) - 536.91 (-10.91, -2.0%)

22/05 (Week 21) - 547.82 (-0.55, -0.1%)

15/05 (Week 20) - 548.37 (+2.66, +0.5%)

08/05 (Week 19) - 545.71 (+11.14, +2.1%)

01/05 (Week 18) - 534.57 (+9.93, +1.9%)

24/04 (Week 17) - 524.64 (+7.31, +1.4%)

17/04 (Week 16) - 517.33 (+15.28, +3.0%)

10/04 (Week 15) - 502.05 (-0.61, -0.1%)

03/04 (Week 14) - 502.66 (-6.47, -1.3%)

27/03 (Week 13) - 509.13 (+9.87, +2.0%)

20/03 (Week 12) - 499.26 (-14.73, -2.9%)

13/03 (Week 11) - 513.99 (-11.94, -2.3%)

06/03 (Week 10) - 525.93 (-7.04, -1.3%)

27/02 (Week 9) - 532.97 (+2.15, +0.4%)

20/02 (Week 8) - 530.82 (+10.17, +2.0%)

13/02 (Week 7) - 520.65 (+11.24, +2.2%)

06/02 (Week 6) - 509.41 (+31.65, +6.6%)

30/01 (Week 5) - 477.76 (-5,69, -1.2%)

23/01 (Week 4) - 483.45 (-5.42, -1.1%)

16/01 (Week 3) - 488.87 (-17.54, -3.5%)

09/01 (Week 2) - 506.41 (+19.64, +3.7%)

02/01 (Week 1) - 526.05