Sales of petroleum products and liquid biofuels, January 2006, preliminary figures

Compared with January 2005, the total sale of auto diesel increased by 28 million litres. Sales of auto diesel make out 26 per cent of total sales of petroleum products. There was a small increase in the sales of motor gasoline for the fist time since 2000 by 0.5 per cent.

In January the deliveries of lighting kerosene and light heating oil increased by 7.3 and 16 per cent respectively. In January 2005 sales of the two products made out a total of 68 million litres, in 2006 the sales amounted to 78 million litres, a 14.7 per cent increase.

There were 22 delivery days in January, in January 2004 there where 21.

Tables:

• Table 1 Deliveries of petroleum products. Million litres. Preliminary figures
• Table 2 Deliveries of petroleum products, by group of purchasers. Million litres. Preliminary figures
• Table 3 Deliveries of petroleum products, by county. Million litres. Preliminary figures