Europe Gasoline/Naphtha-Margins fall on slowing exports

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March 3 (Reuters) - Northwest European gasoline refining margins fell to around $11.40 a barrel on Friday amid slowing exports to the United States and West Africa.
* Northwest Europe gasoline exports to the United States and West Africa in February fell to their lowest level since January 2022, Refinitiv data showed.
* February loadings dropped to 1.65 million tonnes, down from 2.2 million tonnes in January and 2.64 million tonnes in February 2022.
* Gasoline held in independent storage in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) refining and storage area fell 2.3% to 1.42 million tonnes, the data showed, even as exports to the United States and West Africa slowed down.
* U.S. gasoline stocks fell by 900,000 barrels in the week to 239.2 million barrels, EIA government data showed, compared with analysts' expectations for a 500,000-barrel rise. ? Trades Bids Offers Prev. Sellers Buyers (vol.) Trades
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