December petrol sales 13% more than pre-pandemic period, diesel catching up fast

Jan 2, 2022

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NEW DELHI: India’s petrol consumption in December rose greater than 13% from the pre-pandemic stage and diesel gross sales stood simply 1.6% in need of the identical month of 2019 on the again of rebounding financial exercise and rising choice for private autos.
Authorities information reveals petrol gross sales rising greater than 4% and diesel consumption, a key measure of financial exercise, growing 1.4% in December from the identical interval of 2020, reinforcing the development since October final yr.
Sequentially, December petrol gross sales have been 6.6% increased and diesel 13.6% greater than in November.
Jet gas gross sales in December additionally grew greater than 25% than the identical month of 2020 however have been nonetheless 26% in need of the December 2019 figures. Sequentially too, December gross sales have been almost 10% increased than November as extra flights took to the skies. However nonetheless, trade sources stated gross sales have been unlikely to succeed in the pre-pandemic stage until common worldwide flights resume.
LPG, as regular, continued on a development path, exceeding December 2019 stage by greater than 5% however was 1% decrease than December 2020.



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