Russia resumes diesel export loadings, data show

LONDON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Russia has resumed diesel export loadings from the Baltic port of Primorsk following an agreement between Washington and Moscow to supply fuel to global markets, LSEG data showed.

• According to the shipping data, a tanker carrying around 40,000 metric tons of ultra-low sulphur diesel was loaded on October 13 and is heading towards Morocco

• Last week, US President Donald Trump said Russia had agreed to supply diesel to global markets in an effort to lower fuel prices, and his administration temporarily lifted US sanctions on Russian fuel

• Russia, which partially lifted a ban on diesel exports from October 10 following the agreement, will be able to increase diesel exports to between 3 million tons and 3.5 million tons per month by year-end, the country's usual export volume of the fuel, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Monday

(Reporting by Reuters. Editing by Mark Potter)