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The average monthly Bunker Index (BIX) price rose by $10.62 per tonne, or 1.4 percent, in July compared to the previous month, according to Bunker Index price data.

The BIX global monthly average climbed to $785.57 per tonne this month, up from $774.95 per tonne in June. It is the second-lowest price since February 2011, when the global average climbed $62.34 to reach $729.08 per tonne. It is also only the second time that the BIX monthly price has remained below $800 per tonne in the last 17 months.

This month's increase of $10.62 also represents the smallest price change in dollar and percentage terms since October 2011.

In a comparison with previous years, July 2012 was $49.23 per tonne, or 5.9 percent, lower than the $834.80 average price recorded in July 2011 and $214.80 per tonne, or 37.6 percent, higher than the $570.77 per tonne figure seen in July 2010.

Please find a table below outlining average monthly Bunker Index prices between April 2009 and July 2012.

Month	BIX Average	+/- ($)	+/- (%)
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%
Dec 2010	637.07	+20.86	+3.4%
Nov 2010	616.21	+16.06	+2.7%
Oct 2010	600.15	+27.50	+4.8%
Sep 2010	572.65	-7.99	-1.4%
Aug 2010	580.64	+9.87	+1.7%
Jul 2010	570.77	-4.84	-0.8%
Jun 2010	575.61	-15.48	-2.6%
May 2010	591.09	-0.58	-0.1%
Apr 2010	591.67	+24.99	+4.4%
Mar 2010	566.68	+17.45	+3.2%
Feb 2010	549.23	-18.82	-3.3%
Jan 2010	568.05	+17.30	+3.1%
Dec 2009	550.75	-6.44	-1.2%
Nov 2009	557.19	+28.72	+5.4%
Oct 2009	528.47	+19.19	+3.8%
Sep 2009	509.28	+13.79	+2.6%
Aug 2009	523.07	+40.41	+8.4%
Jul 2009	482.66	-2.52	-0.5%
Jun 2009	485.18	+65.07	+15.5%
May 2009	420.11	+37.73	+9.9%
Apr 2009	382.38

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