India's fuel product consumption rises 3.9% in July 2016

India's fuel product consumption moves up 7.3% in April-July 2016
India's fuel product consumption or sales increased 3.9% to 14.92 mt in July 2016 over a year ago. LPG sales jumped 8.7% to 1.71 mt, while petrol sales galloped 14.7% to 1.92 mt. Sales of petcoke advanced 6.8% to 1.66 mt and diesel improved 1.8% to 5.81 mt. Consumption of ATF gained 11.1% to 0.56 mt, while that of others moved up 7.2% to 0.52 mt. The consumption of fuel oil also gained 6.5% to 0.57 mt, and LDO 2.3% to 0.04 mt. However, the consumption of bitumen declined 1.0% to 0.28 mt, lubes/greases 1.2% to 0.26 mt, naphtha 6.3% to 1.10 mt, and kerosene 12.9% to 0.50 mt in July 2016.Consumption or sales of fuel product increased 7.3% to 63.66 mt in April-July 2016 over April-July 2015. Sales of LPG increased 7.9%, petcoke 23.3%, diesel 4.0%, and petrol 11.1%. Consumption of fuel oil also moved up 18.4%, bitumen 15.9%, ATF 12.3%, lubes/greases 3.9%, naphtha 0.8% and LDO 13.2%, but declined for others 0.9% and kerosene 9.0% in April-July 2016.
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First Published: Aug 24 2016 | 5:45 PM IST
