India's fuel product consumption declines 0.7% in September 2016

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Fuel product consumption rises 8.3% in September 2016

India's fuel product consumption or sales declined 0.7% to 14.60 mt in September 2016 over a year ago. Diesel sales dipped 11.4% to 5.22 mt, while Petrol sales declined 3.4% to 1.82 mt. Sales of Kerosene fell 11.1% to 0.50 mt and Others slipped 2.9% to 0.57 mt. Consumption of Naphtha also eased 1.3% to 1.05 mt, while that of LDO moved down 0.3% to 0.04 mt. However, the consumption of Pet. Coke gained 20.2% to 1.78 mt, LPG 16.1% to 1.87 mt, and ATF 11.6% to 0.55 mt. Further, the consumption of Lubes/Greases increased 18.0% to 0.30 mt, Fuel Oil 5.5% to 0.59 mt, and Bitumen 7.6% to 0.32 mt in September 2016.

Consumption or sales of fuel product increased 8.3% to 95.57 mt in April-September 2016 over April-September 2015. Sales of Pet. Coke increased 35.1%, Petrol 10.8%, Diesel 2.9%, and LPG 11.2%. Consumption of Fuel Oil also moved up 17.1%, ATF 12.3%, Bitumen 12.4%, Lubes/Greases 15.0%, LDO 13.6% and Others 0.6%, but declined for Naphtha 0.3% and Kerosene 10.1% in April-September 2016.

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