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In February 2022, the total sales of petroleum products amounted to 115.952 tonnes, recording a rise of 37,7% compared to February 2021. An increase was observed in the provisions of aviation kerosene (230,8%) and marine gasoil (228,4%), as well as in the sales of light (120,5%) and heavy (71,5%) fuel oil, liquefied petroleum gases (16,6%), motor gasoline (15,1%), heating gasoil (13,0%) and kerosene (7,1%). On the contrary, a decrease was recorded in the sales of asphalt (-31,4%) and road diesel (-0,9%). As far as the sales from filling stations are specifically concerned, these have registered an increase of 8,9% to 53.815 tonnes.

The total sales of petroleum products in February 2022 compared to January 2022 recorded an increase of 3,1%. Indicatively, the sales of motor gasoline rose by 6,0%, those of road diesel by 7,5%, while the provisions of aviation kerosene dropped by 3,7%. The total stocks of petroleum products at the end of February 2022 fell by 12,8% compared to the end of the previous month.

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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