Shipping data released on Monday showed that, despite attacks on vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, Middle East crude exports were above prewar levels on four days during the seven days in the final week of September. According to Sina Finance, preliminary data from ship-tracking company Kpler showed the region's crude exports exceeded prewar levels on September 24 and from September 27 to 29, rising to 19.5 million to 22.5 million barrels per day.

Before the conflict between the United States and Israel and Iran broke out, from March 2025 to February this year, exports averaged 18 million barrels per day. The data showed a seven-day moving average of 18.5 million barrels per day for crude exports on October 1. The figures cover shipments through the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea, exports from terminals, and ship-to-ship transfers in the Gulf of Oman.

Kpler data also showed that total transport of crude oil, refined products, chemicals and non-gaseous liquids averaged 22.4 million barrels per day in the week through September 30. In September, the number of LNG vessels moving through the Strait of Hormuz also increased, reaching the highest monthly level since February. The data did not include vessels that passed through the strait with their AIS transponders turned off to avoid monitoring.