India's fuel product consumption jumps 10.5% in November 2019

Consumption or sales of fuel products rises 2.2% in April-November 2019
India's fuel product consumption or sales surged at 22-month high pace of 10.5% to 18.77 mt in November 2019 over a year ago. LPG sales improved 23.5% to 2.27 mt, diesel 8.8% to 7.55 mt, petcoke 29.6% to 1.81 mt and petrol 9.2% to 2.53 mt and others 6.4% to 1.03 mt. Further, the consumption of bitumen also moved up 11.8% to 0.55 mt, ATF 5.4% to 0.72 mt, naphtha 2.5% to 1.25 mt, lubes/greases 7.5% to 0.33 mt and light diesel oil (LDO) 6.4% to 0.05 mt. However, the consumption of kerosene declined 32.2% to 0.19 mt and fuel oil 2.0% to 0.48 mt in November 2019.Consumption or sales of fuel products rose 2.2% to 142.00 mt in April-November 2019 over April-November 2018. Sales of LPG increased 7.5% to 17.16 mt, petrol 9.1% to 20.38 mt, petcoke 6.6% to 14.54 mt and diesel 1.0% to 55.40 mt. Further, the consumption of others also rose 3.4% to 7.91 mt, lubes/greases 5.7% to 2.46 mt, LDO 12.4% to 0.42 mt and bitumen 0.5% to 3.90 mt. However, the consumption of ATF declined 2.2% to 5.37 mt, fuel oil 7.1% to 4.02 mt, kerosene 25.8% to 1.74 mt and naphtha 6.8% to 8.70 mt in April-November 2019.
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First Published: Dec 11 2019 | 8:09 PM IST
