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28-02-2022 13:38

Imports, sales and stocks of petroleum products: January 2022

Annual change in sales +25,8%

In January 2022, the total sales of petroleum products amounted to 112.423 tonnes, recording a rise of 25,8% compared to January 2021. An increase was observed in the provisions of aviation kerosene (216,5%) and marine gasoil (46,2%), as well as in the sales of kerosene (34,7%), heating gasoil (34,1%), liquefied petroleum gases (28,6%), motor gasoline (27,4%), light fuel oil (16,3%) and road diesel (5,1%). On the contrary, a decrease was recorded in the sales of asphalt (-36,8%) and heavy fuel oil (-35,8%). As far as the sales from filling stations are specifically concerned, these have registered an increase of 21,4% to 54.682 tonnes.

The total sales of petroleum products in January 2022 compared to December 2021 recorded a drop of 13,2%. Indicatively, the sales of motor gasoline fell by 23,0%, those of road diesel by 20,7%, and the provisions of aviation kerosene dropped by 21,1%. The total stocks of petroleum products at the end of January 2022 increased by 12,9% compared to the end of the previous month.

 

 

Table 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Products

Total Sales (tonnes)

 

Percentage Change (%)

Jan
2022

 

Jan  

2021

 

Jan - Dec 2021

Jan - Dec 2020

 

 Jan 2022/

  Jan 2021

Jan - Dec 2021/    Jan - Dec 2020

Unleaded Motor Gasoline

21.035 

16.505 

305.371 

284.481 

 

27,4

7,3

Aviation Gasoline

25 

20 

 

100,0

25,0

Aviation Kerosene

9.121 

2.882 

152.510 

93.077 

 

216,5

63,9

Kerosene

3.839 

2.849 

13.492 

15.241 

 

34,7

-11,5

Road Diesel

23.128 

22.003 

345.047 

321.736 

 

5,1

7,2

Gasoil for Agriculture use

1.863 

1.887 

24.328 

25.259 

 

-1,3

-3,7

Heating Gasoil

15.877 

11.841 

83.117 

91.507 

 

34,1

-9,2

Gasoil for Marine use

10.791 

7.381 

116.675 

123.041 

 

46,2

-5,2

Light Fuel Oil

15.856 

13.639 

160.301 

175.945 

 

16,3

-8,9

Heavy Fuel Oil

402 

626 

9.501 

8.730 

 

-35,8

8,8

Lubricants

198 

184 

2.604 

2.392 

 

7,6

8,9

Asphalt

1.918 

3.036 

42.289 

30.883 

 

-36,8

36,9

Liquefied Petroleum Gases

8.393 

6.528 

54.617 

54.707 

 

28,6

-0,2

Total

112.423 

89.362 

1.309.877 

1.227.019 

 

25,8

6,8

 

Table 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Products

Sales from Filling Stations (tonnes)

 

Percentage Change (%)

Jan
2022

 

Jan  

2021

 

Jan - Dec 2021

Jan - Dec 2020

 

 Jan 2022/

  Jan 2021

Jan - Dec 2021/    Jan - Dec 2020

Unleaded Motor Gasoline

20.796 

16.212 

300.817 

278.922 

 

28,3

7,8

Kerosene

3.021 

2.240 

10.444 

11.249 

 

34,9

-7,2

Road Diesel

18.674 

17.100 

276.579 

260.700 

 

9,2

6,1

Gasoil for Agriculture use

1.291 

1.357 

17.162 

18.317 

 

-4,9

-6,3

Heating Gasoil

10.784 

8.009 

53.360 

58.221 

 

34,6

-8,3

Light Fuel Oil

39 

45 

459 

486 

 

-13,3

-5,6

Lubricants

77 

67 

1.042 

983 

 

14,9

6,0

Total

54.682 

45.030 

659.863 

628.878 

 

21,4

4,9

 

METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

Scope and Coverage

The collection of data on imports, sales and stocks of petroleum products is carried out on a monthly basis.

It concerns the sales of petroleum products from filling stations and the sales to government departments, to the British Bases and the United Nations, to ships and to other customers, as well as the stocks held at the end of each month. Only the petroleum companies are being covered. Additionally, the imports of petroleum products imported directly from the Electricity Authority of Cyprus (EAC) and the manufacturing industry are also included.

Data collection

The collection of data is conducted by the Statistical Service on a monthly basis by electronically receiving a purpose-designed questionnaire from each of these companies.

 

For more information:

CYSTAT Portal, subtheme Energy

CYSTAT-DB (Online Database)

Predefined Tables (Excel)

Contact

Nafsika Apostolou: Tel.: +35722602199, E-mail: napostolou@cystat.mof.gov.cy

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