Sales of petroleum products and liquid biofuels, December 2003, preliminary figures

The deliveries of light heating oil and heating and lighting kerosene decreased by 21.7 and 34.1 per cent respectively. Motor gasoline and auto diesel experienced a decline of 3.8 and 0.6 per cent respectively.

Year 2003: Large increase in heating products

Among the petroleum products, light heating oil and heating and lighting kerosene showed the largest increase in deliveries in 2003 compared with 2002. The sales of light heating oil and heating and lighting kerosene went up by 37.5 and 15.4 per cent respectively.

The deliveries of petroleum products increased by 2.2 per cent, from 9 163 million litres in 2002 to 9 363 million litres in 2003.

There were 21 delivery days in December 2003 against 20 in December 2002.

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