Sulfur content of diesel fuels that are available worldwide - detailed classification in ppm - BB00.40-P-0136-02A
When this Specification for Operating Fluids was drawn up, we were aware of the following sulfur content:
| Diesel fuel sulfur content (ppm) | |||||||
| 0 to 50 | 0 to 50 | up to 500 | up to 1000 | 1000 plus | |||
| Europe and CIS | Belgium | Netherlands | Azerbaijan | Armenia | Albania | ||
| Bulgaria | Norway | Bosnia-Herzegovina (1) | Croatia | Kazakhstan | |||
| Denmark | Austria | Bulgaria | Macedonia | Kirgizia | |||
| Germany | Poland | Georgia | Moldavia | Russia | |||
| Estonia | Portugal | Iceland | Serbia-Montenegro | Tajikistan | |||
| Finland | Romania | Croatia (1) | Turkey | ||||
| France | Sweden | Malta | Turkmenistan | ||||
| Greece | Switzerland | Macedonia (1) | Ukraine | ||||
| Great Britain | Serbia-Montenegro (1) | Serbia-Montenegro (1) | Uzbekistan | ||||
| Ireland | Slovak Republic | Slovenia | |||||
| Italy | Spain | Turkey (1) | |||||
| Croatia (1) | Czech Republic | ||||||
| Latvia | Turkey (1) | ||||||
| Lithuania | Hungary | ||||||
| Luxembourg | Cyprus | ||||||
| Belarus | |||||||
| Australia | Australia | New Zealand | Australia | New Zealand | Fiji Islands | ||
| New Caledonia | |||||||
| Asia | Hong Kong | China (Beijing) | Mongolia | China | |||
| Japan | India | Brunei | Bangladesh | ||||
| South Korea | South Korea | Vietnam | Indonesia | ||||
| Taiwan | Philippines | Malaysia | |||||
| Singapore | Nepal | ||||||
| Thailand | Pakistan | ||||||
| Vietnam | Sri Lanka | ||||||
| Vietnam | |||||||
| Africa | Morocco | Egypt | |||||
| South Africa | Ethiopia | ||||||
| Algeria | |||||||
| Angola | |||||||
| Benin | |||||||
| Burkina Faso | |||||||
| Ghana | |||||||
| Kenya | |||||||
| Peoples' Republic of Congo | |||||||
| Libya | |||||||
| Madagascar | |||||||
| Malawi | |||||||
| Mali | |||||||
| Morocco | |||||||
| Mauritius | |||||||
| Mozambique | |||||||
| Nigeria | |||||||
| Zambia | |||||||
| Senegal | |||||||
| South Africa | |||||||
| Sudan | |||||||
| Tanzania | |||||||
| Tunisia | |||||||
| Uganda | |||||||
| Zaire | |||||||
| Middle East | Israel | Lebanon | Oman | Bahrain | |||
| West Bank | Qatar | Iraq / Iran | |||||
| Yemen | |||||||
| Jordan | |||||||
| Kuwait | |||||||
| Lebanon | |||||||
| Saudi-Arabia | |||||||
| Syria | |||||||
| United Arab Emirates (incl. Dubai, Abu Dhabi) | |||||||
| North America | USA (from 9/2006) | Canada (from 9/2006) | USA, Canada, Mexico | ||||
| Latin/South America | Argentina (Shell Pura only) | Argentina | |||||
| Bolivia | Barbados | ||||||
| Chile | Bolivia | ||||||
| Columbia | Brazil | ||||||
| Chile | |||||||
| Costa Rica | |||||||
| Dominican Republic | |||||||
| Ecuador | |||||||
| El Salvador | |||||||
| Guatemala | |||||||
| Honduras, Republic of | |||||||
| Jamaica | |||||||
| Columbia | |||||||
| Cuba | |||||||
| Nicaragua | |||||||
| Panama | |||||||
| Paraguay | |||||||
| Peru | |||||||
| Suriname | |||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | |||||||
| Uruguay | |||||||
| Venezuela | |||||||
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Countries that are listed more than once provide different fuel grades at the same time. No information is available about countries that are not listed.
The given country-specific sulfur bandwidths are only valid at the time they were surveyed between summer 2005 and winter 2005/2006.