LONDON, May 10 (Reuters) - Middle distillate inventories independently held in the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp oil hub fell in the week to Thursday, with jet fuel dropping to its lowest since at least 2008, independent analyst Pieter Kulsen said.

Jet fuel stocks fell 7.6 percent to 388,000 tonnes, the lowest since comparable data started in mid-2008, Kulsen said.

Stocks of middle distillates, or jet fuel, diesel and gasoil, have remained significantly below year-earlier levels due to backwardation on the futures market.

 

"On top of that, demand from the aviation sector was better," Kulsen said.

Jet fuel cargo imports to the ARA tanks came from India, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, while outflows went to the aviation sector in Europe.

Gasoil fell marginally from last week to the lowest since mid-January, with some increase in diesel demand.

Gasoil exports were shipped to West Africa. Imports came from Russia, the UK, the United States, the Mediterranean and Northwest Europe.

	10/05/12	03/05/12	12/05/12
GASOLINE	691	631	710
NAPHTHA	81	104	60
GAS OIL	2,395	2,401	2,897
FUEL OIL	598	571	682
JET FUEL	388	420	528

All figures in thousands of tonnes

Gasoline stocks rose 9.5 percent on the week to 691,000 tonnes due as an increase in imports exceeded an increase in demand along the Rhine, he said.