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Korea's oil exchange traded half as much fuel in 2026, and its auction has gone quiet four days in five
Daily volume on KRX's diesel, petrol and kerosene markets has fallen sharply since April 2026 — down as much as 74% year-on-year for diesel — and the exchange's competitive auction increasingly prints no price at all.
Korea's oil exchange prints two prices for the same fuel, and they disagree four days in ten
The KRX oil market quotes two prices per fuel — a competitive-auction average and a negotiated one. Over six years they disagree: the negotiated runs below the auction on 37–46% of days, and the kerosene auction goes dark one day in six.