SPIMEX Announces Performance Results for 1Q 2020 and Two Weeks Under Covid-19 Lockdown

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Natural Gas market Timber market Refined Products market Crude Oil market Fertilizers market SPIMEX OTC Platforms Derivatives market TEK-Torg

The Saint-Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX) announces key performance indicators of the first calendar quarter of the year 2020.

In 1 Q 2020, the volume traded in refined products, as well as in some categories of products produced from petroleum and natural gas, was equal to 5.574 million metric tonnes (MMT) and grew 13.7% year-on-year.

The turnover in the SPIMEX Refined Products Section amounted to RUB 230.561 bn (+ 16.6% YoY).

The volume traded by product was as follows: diesel - 2.3 MMT (+33.6% YoY), gasoline regular-92 – 1.27 MMT (-6.8% YoY); gasoline premium-95 – 0.625 MMT, unchanged; jet fuel – 0.551 MMT, i.e. grew 20.4% compared to 1Q 2019; fuel oil - 0.391 MMT (-2.1% YoY); liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) - 0.295 MMT (a 27% growth year-on year); petrochemicals - 35,092 tonnes (- 32.6% YoY).

The volume traded in diesel on “Ex Tank CDO” (Commodity Delivery Operator) basis amounted to 60,129 tonnes, a 2.2-fold rise Y-o-Y.

As of the end of 1Q 2020, the number of trading participants that traded in the SPIMEX Refined Products Section was equal to 1,937 participants (as compared to 1,788 a year before) while the total number of trading participants and their customers that traded in all SPIMEX sections stood at 2,384 (2.205 a year before).

The volume traded in SPIMEX Natural Section Gas was equal to 4.463 bcm (1.2 time more than in 1 Q 2019) while the turnover amounted to RUB 15.5 bn. The Month-Ahead market amounted to 3.633 bcm, while the volume of Day-Ahead deals (including those for delivery on national holidays and weekends) stood at 0.830 bcm. The number of Trading Participants that trade in the Section was 133.

The volume of timber traded during first three months of 2020 was equal to 588,861 cubic meters (including deals made at Torg-i) in the amount of RUB 337 mn. The number of trading participants – 333.

The volume traded in the SPIMEX Crude Oil Section stood at 41,000 tonnes in the amount of RUB 670 mn (-36.87% YoY). The number of trading participants – 34.

The volume of crude oil exported via tender procedures held at Torg-i electronic trading platform operated by SPIMEX was equal to 1.0 MMT (as compared to 407.000 tonnes in 1Q 2019).

The turnover in the SPIMEX Derivatives Section was equal to 3,466 contracts while the number of trading participants that trade in the Section stood at 79.

The turnover of physically-settled futures contracts on refined products traded in the domestic Russian market grew more than 1.5 times – up to 2,671 contracts, while the turnover in physically-settled SPIMEX ULSD futures (ex-Primorsk) (launched in November 2019) amounted to 795 contracts.

In 1 Q 2020, the turnover in the SPIMEX Fertilizers and Chemical Products Section grew 33 times year-on-year and amounted to RUB 401.268 mn (the volume traded was equal to 19,600 tonnes).

Volumes set in the OTC transactions registered with SPIMEX over the first calendar quarter of the current year were broken down by product as follows: refined products – 68.7 MMT (-26.3% YoY), natural gas – 666.3 bcm (-4.6% YoY), crude oil – 114.8 MMT (-2.1% YoY), coal – 159.1 MMT (-0.5% YoY).

The amount of obligations cleared by SPIMEX under the trades effected in its Refined Products, Timber and Construction Materials, Crude Oil and Fertilizers and Chemical Products Sections was equal to RUB 231.64 bn. At the end of 1 Q 2020, the number of relevant clearing members was equal to 1,719.

In 1Q 2020, the amount of obligations cleared by SDCO clearing house (a member of the SPIMEX Group) under the trades in natural gas (spot market) amounted to RUB 15.498 bn, while the number of relevant clearing members stood at 196. As for trades made in the SPIMEX derivatives market, the amount of obligations cleared by SDCO was equal to RUB 15.495 bn.

In 1Q 2020, TEK-Torg electronic trading platform - a subsidiary of SPIMEX - conducted 64,152 procurement procedures (a 2.45 fold rise y-o-y) in the total amount of RUB 348.513 bn (a two-fold rise YoY).

Key events in the on-exchange commodity market in the first quarter of 2020:

The Republic of Yakutia and SPIMEX signed a cooperation agreement to develop on-exchange trades;
The SPIMEX launched trades in physically-settled futures on summer diesel
On-exchange trading in round timber was launched with delivery at the delivery points located in the Tyumen Oblast;
The first agreement on delivery of complex NPK fertilizers was entered into;
In January 2020, the volume of fertilizers traded at SPIMEX exceeded the relevant 1H 2019 amount, while the amount traded in March 2020 alone was larger than the relevant volume for the whole 2019;
A meeting of the Working Group on Energy of the Joint Russian-Dutch Commission on Economic Cooperation was held at SPIMEX, the parties, in particular, discussed mutual economic co-operation between two nations including co-operation in on-exchange commodity trading; ;
The Sverdlovsk Oblast and SPIMEX signed a cooperation agreement;
Preliminary work for the launch of OTC price index for bunker fuel traded in the largest Russian sea ports was completed (the index was first published on 1 April 2020);
Enterprises of the Kemerovo Oblast started active trades in timber on the SPIMEX auction platform.

Upon imposition of restrictions caused by COVID-19 outbreak, SPIMEX continued to operate in the normal way

In accordance with the regulators’ instructions, the SPIMEX took necessary measures concerning uninterrupted functioning of trading and clearing infrastructure of the companies of the SPIMEX Group within the period declared as days off, to ensure due supply of crude oil, refined products (gasoline, diesel and liquefied petroleum gas), natural gas, timber materials, fertilizers to all the users and with the purpose to form the representative price indicators.

From the 30th of March till 10th of April 2020, the turnover grew year-on-year in the SPIMEX Refined Products Section and the SPIMEX Fertilizers Section.

The volume traded in the SPIMEX Refined Products Section amounted to 706,600 tonnes (+12.7% YoY), including:

Gasoline – 252,800 tonnes (+4.9%), diesel – 300,100 tonnes (+51.4%) and jet fuel (-3.9%).

The volume traded in the SPIMEX Natural Gas Section during the period specified above was equal to 47.6 mcm (-45.6% YoY).

The volume traded in SPIMEX Timber and Construction Materials Section and Torg-i electronic platform over the same period amounted to 24,890 cm (-85.9%).

The volume traded in the SPIMEX Fertilizers and Petrochemicals Section amounted to 2,408 (+205.2% or a 3-fold rise).

The electronic platform of the SPIMEX Group used for on-exchange commodity trading and conduct of all types of commodity auctions has proved its relevance to the needs of all market participants.

The Saint-Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX) is Russia’s largest commodity exchange offering a wide range of products traded both in its Commodities Section (refined oil products, crude oil, natural gas, LPG, timber and construction materials, fertilizers) and in its Derivatives Section. The Exchange’s key task is to operate a transparent, fair and efficient price formation mechanism for Russian commodities. SPIMEX was founded in 2008.

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