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Units and conversion



Units of account and measurement

The US dollar is the primary unit of account, or currency, used for the sale and purchase of bunker fuel worldwide, whilst the metric tonne is the main unit of measurement.

Spot and forward prices and BIX indices are published in USD per metric tonne ($/MT, or $/mt), unless stated otherwise.


Price conversion

See the pages below for information regarding price conversion.

    Crude price conversion

    LNG price conversion


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