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West Africa Low Sulfur Diesel Price — FOB West Africa
The latest FOB West Africa low sulfur diesel assessment is $1505.25 per metric ton for 4 September 2026, down $30.50 from the previous daily assessment (3 Sep 2026). Explore the historical price chart and recent daily assessments below.
Latest West Africa Low Sulfur Diesel Price
- Basis
- FOB West Africa
- Unit
- USD/mt
- Frequency
- Daily
- CS code
- CS-WAF-LSD
What This Indicator Measures
Daily FOB West Africa low-sulphur diesel cargo assessment in USD/mt.
Low Sulphur Diesel (West Africa): A physical price for low-sulphur diesel supplied into West Africa, either transferred ship-to-ship off Lomé or quoted FOB West Africa. The exact sulphur limit of the assessed grade is not stored in the registry and is therefore not stated.
What the source does not state for this series
- The sulphur limit of the assessed grade is not printed in the loaded row and is not assumed.
Specification · product family only
The source does not publish a specification for this series beyond its name and basis; none is assumed.
Basis: FOB West Africa
- FOB (free on board): the price covers the product loaded on the vessel at the named origin; sea freight and insurance to the destination are excluded, so FOB values from different loading areas are not delivered-cost equivalents.
- Lomé (Togo) hosts an offshore ship-to-ship transfer zone in the Gulf of Guinea used to redistribute imported products along the West African coast.
Unit: USD/mt
- USD/bbl values (Singapore, Arab Gulf, Fujairah) and USD/mt values (Europe, Japan naphtha) cannot be compared without a product-specific density conversion; the site does not convert them.
- Published assessments are a low–high range with a midpoint; charts and monthly statistics use the midpoint only.
West Africa Low Sulfur Diesel Price Chart
Available history 26 Jan 2026 through 4 Sep 2026 (109 observations). Monthly averages below use the midpoint of each published assessment.
Low Sulfur Diesel — West Africa
Computed Summary
Statements below are calculated by CommodityScope from the loaded history only. Each one names its period and method; none explains why a value moved.
The latest assessment of $1505.25/mt on 4 Sep 2026 is down $30.50 (-2.0%) from the previous daily assessment (3 Sep 2026).
Method: Computed by CommodityScope as the difference between the two most recent loaded daily observations (1 calendar day apart).
It is 11.0% above the August 2026 average of $1356.57/mt, the most recent completed month with 19 daily observations.
Method: Arithmetic mean of the published daily midpoints in August 2026. Partial months are excluded from this comparison.
Over the loaded history (26 Jan 2026 – 4 Sep 2026), the highest assessment was $1542.25/mt on 2 Sep 2026 and the lowest was $682.50/mt on 17 Feb 2026.
Method: Minimum and maximum of the published midpoint over the loaded history (26 Jan 2026 – 4 Sep 2026, 109 observations). This is not an all-time record.
Price Changes and Historical Range
Published changes are copied from the source edition. Computed changes are CommodityScope calculations between loaded daily observations; the two are shown separately and may differ when an intermediate edition is not loaded.
Monthly West Africa Low Sulfur Diesel Prices
Average, minimum and maximum of published midpoints in each calendar month. These are not the daily assessed low–high bands. Incomplete latest months are marked month to date.
| Month | Average mid | Min mid | Max mid | Observations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Month to date | 1527.31 | 1505.25 | 1542.25 | 4 |
| August 2026 | 1356.57 | 1242.50 | 1420.75 | 19 |
| July 2026 | 1215.79 | 1031.50 | 1419.25 | 14 |
| June 2026 | 1133.38 | 1004.50 | 1302.50 | 13 |
| May 2026 | 1314.09 | 1198.00 | 1434.25 | 17 |
| April 2026 | 1354.98 | 1237.25 | 1487.75 | 13 |
| March 2026 | 1239.36 | 1014.75 | 1455.25 | 16 |
| February 2026 | 710.70 | 682.50 | 762.25 | 11 |
| January 2026 | 728.50 | 697.25 | 759.75 | 2 |
Recent Daily Assessments
Last 30 published assessments. The chart above is interactive; this table is the HTML history.
| Date | Low | High | Mid | Δ day (published) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-04 | 1505.25 | 1505.25 | 1505.25 | -30.50 |
| 2026-09-03 | 1535.75 | 1535.75 | 1535.75 | -6.50 |
| 2026-09-02 | 1542.25 | 1542.25 | 1542.25 | +16.25 |
| 2026-09-01 | 1526.00 | 1526.00 | 1526.00 | +136.00 |
| 2026-08-28 | 1390.00 | 1390.00 | 1390.00 | +58.75 |
| 2026-08-27 | 1331.25 | 1331.25 | 1331.25 | -18.50 |
| 2026-08-26 | 1349.75 | 1349.75 | 1349.75 | -5.00 |
| 2026-08-25 | 1354.75 | 1354.75 | 1354.75 | -7.50 |
| 2026-08-24 | 1362.25 | 1362.25 | 1362.25 | -58.50 |
| 2026-08-21 | 1420.75 | 1420.75 | 1420.75 | +11.00 |
| 2026-08-20 | 1409.75 | 1409.75 | 1409.75 | +4.25 |
| 2026-08-19 | 1405.50 | 1405.50 | 1405.50 | -4.50 |
| 2026-08-18 | 1410.00 | 1410.00 | 1410.00 | +22.75 |
| 2026-08-17 | 1387.25 | 1387.25 | 1387.25 | +56.00 |
| 2026-08-14 | 1331.25 | 1331.25 | 1331.25 | -9.00 |
| 2026-08-13 | 1340.25 | 1340.25 | 1340.25 | 0.00 |
| 2026-08-12 | 1340.25 | 1340.25 | 1340.25 | -77.50 |
| 2026-08-11 | 1417.75 | 1417.75 | 1417.75 | +22.25 |
| 2026-08-10 | 1395.50 | 1395.50 | 1395.50 | +78.25 |
| 2026-08-06 | 1292.50 | 1292.50 | 1292.50 | +3.00 |
| 2026-08-05 | 1289.50 | 1289.50 | 1289.50 | +47.00 |
| 2026-08-04 | 1242.50 | 1242.50 | 1242.50 | -61.50 |
| 2026-08-03 | 1304.00 | 1304.00 | 1304.00 | -115.25 |
| 2026-07-31 | 1419.25 | 1419.25 | 1419.25 | +20.00 |
| 2026-07-30 | 1399.25 | 1399.25 | 1399.25 | -11.25 |
| 2026-07-28 | 1324.50 | 1324.50 | 1324.50 | -9.00 |
| 2026-07-24 | 1335.25 | 1335.25 | 1335.25 | -56.25 |
| 2026-07-20 | 1299.00 | 1299.00 | 1299.00 | +22.75 |
| 2026-07-17 | 1276.25 | 1276.25 | 1276.25 | +10.75 |
| 2026-07-16 | 1265.50 | 1265.50 | 1265.50 | +35.50 |
What This FOB West Africa Price Represents
This page tracks the daily low sulfur diesel on a FOB West Africa basis, quoted in USD/mt. Figures are CommodityScope Indicators synthesized from loaded market editions. They are not a live quote and not a republication of a price-reporting agency table.
How to use this series
- Follow delivered-region diesel values for West African import markets alongside European export prices.
What it is not suitable for
- Assuming EU 10 ppm quality: the grade is not confirmed here.
- Inland delivered prices in importing countries.
Compare With
Each comparison states why the series are related and whether the latest values can be subtracted directly (same unit, currency and assessment date). Where they cannot, the values are shown side by side without a difference.
| Series | Why compare | Latest | Difference (this − other) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low Sulfur Diesel — Lome STS Lome · USD/mt · daily | Same low-sulphur diesel in the same region on STS Lomé instead of FOB West Africa terms; the gap contains freight/insurance or barge-vs-cargo logistics, not quality.
| 1490.25 4 Sep 2026 | +15.00 |
Related Gasoil and Diesel Prices
- lome low sulfur diesel pricesSTS Lome
- mediterranean ulsd 10ppm pricesFOB Med
- European ULSD 10ppm CIF NWE pricesCIF NWE
- le havre diesel 10ppm pricesCIF NWE, Le Havre basis
- ara barge diesel 10ppm pricesFOB ARA
- mediterranean cif ulsd 10 ppm pricesCIF Med
- nwe fob ulsd 10 ppm pricesFOB NWE
- nwe fob diesel 10 ppm pricesFOB NWE, Le Havre
Sources and Methodology
CommodityScope publishes this page as a derived indicator from loaded physical-market editions. It does not republish a price-reporting agency table and does not claim authorship of the underlying source assessments. Update cadence follows the daily series. Internal series code CS-WAF-LSD.
CS Indicator policy and derived-data rules.
Sources for the explanations on this page
- ICC Incoterms® 2020 rules (FOB, CFR, CIF, FCA definitions) — Meaning of the delivery terms used in the basis column.
- CommodityScope methodology — derived-indicator rules and computed statistics
Origin of the numbers: loaded market editions (see Basis and Unit above). Origin of the computed statistics: CommodityScope, from the loaded history, using the rules on the methodology page.