# Despite softening demand distillate strength looks promising | Vortexa

> Global diesel margins are approaching a 17-month high amid low global inventories and steepening backwardation. Demand has been strong in the Mediterranean, India, Africa and South America, with arrivals rising sharply year on year.

- Date: 2025-07-23 · published 2025-07-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/23948-despite-softening-demand-distillate-strength-looks-promising-vortexa
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Robust distillate demand and low inventories point to firm diesel prices heading into autumn refinery maintenance.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Sources

- vortexa.com: https://www.vortexa.com/insights/distillate-strength

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