SINGAPORE, June 20 (Reuters) - Singapore's middle distillates stockpiles declined for a third straight week, though net exports of most fuels dipped week-on-week and total gasoil imports rose by more than 70%, official data showed on Thursday.

Inventories of gasoil and jet fuel/kerosene at key oil storage hub Singapore were at 8.864 million barrels for the week, compared with 9.028 million barrels last week.

Net exports of diesel/gasoil fell by around 27% from the previous week, owing to the surge in total imports, with key contributors for the week being India, Saudi Arabia and South Korea.

Rising imports from India and Saudi Arabia were mostly in line with traders' expectations that these cargoes would pivot East, as the East-West arbitrage price spread was deemed to be of low seller economic incentive.

The city-state is expected to receive a total of more than 200,000 metric tons of June-loading diesel/gasoil from India, Kpler and LSEG shiptracking data showed, almost a one-year high.

June-loading exports from the Middle East to Singapore however will likely dip slightly to 100,000 metric tons, compared with almost 300,000 tons in May.

Meanwhile, China diesel/gasoil imports remained absent for the week, as estimates for June shipments out of the country fell back to 600,000-700,000 tons, two trade sources said.

Singapore's exports of diesel/gasoil for the week gained only by around 1% in comparison, though volumes to regional destinations such as Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia stayed robust.

On the jet fuel/kerosene front, total imports and exports both fell week on week by 30% and 54%, respectively.

Total exports for the week were mostly to Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia, the data showed.

(1 ton = around 7.45 barrels for gasoil) (1 ton = around 7.88 barrels for jet fuel/kerosene)

(Reporting by Trixie Yap; Editing by Mrigank Dhaniwala)