[H]Annual Change in Sales -8.7%[/I][/H]
In December 2022, total sales of petroleum products reached 118,203 tonnes, a decrease of 8.7% compared to December 2021. A decrease was recorded in supplies of oil to ships (-42.5%), as well as in sales of bitumen (-55.4%), kerosene (-39.9%), heating oil (-18.8%) and motor oil (-1.8%). In contrast, an increase was recorded in supplies of oil to aircraft (13.5%), as well as in sales of heavy and light fuel oil (62.8% and 4.3% respectively) and gasoline (0.2%). Specifically, sales from petroleum product service stations decreased by 7.5% to 59,381 tonnes.
Total sales of petroleum products in December 2022 compared to November 2022 increased by 2.8%. Indicatively, sales of gasoline (7.5%) and diesel oil (0.8%) increased, while aircraft oil supplies decreased (-15.0%). Total petroleum product stocks at the end of December 2022 increased by 3.6% compared to the end of the previous month.
Total petroleum product sales in the year 2022 increased by 9.9% compared to 2021. Supplies of oil to aircraft and ships increased by 67.7% and 8.0% respectively, while sales of light fuel oil (13.8%), heating oil (12.4%), LPG (10.3%) and gasoline (1.6%) also increased. On the contrary, decreases were observed in sales of bitumen (-26.5%) and diesel (-4.0%). In 2022, sales by petrol stations amounted to 654,073 tonnes, showing a slight decrease of -0.9% compared to 2021.
| Table 1 | ||||||||
| [TD] Products | Total Sales (tonnes) | Percentage Change (%) | ||||||
|
Dec 2022 |
[TD]
Dec 2021
[/TD] [TD]Jan - Dec
2022
[/TD] [TD]Jan - Dec
2021
[/TD] [TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]Dec 2022 /
Dec 2021
[/TD] [TD]Jan- Dec
2022/
Jan- Dec
2021
[/TD][TR] [TD]
Unleaded petrol
[/TD] [TD]27.353
[/TD] [TD]27.310
[/TD] [TD]310.130
[/TD] [TD]305.371
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]0.2
[/TD] [TD]1,6
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Airplane Gasoline
[/TD] [TD]0
[/TD] [TD]1
[/TD] [TD]15
[/TD] [TD]25
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-100,0
[/TD] [TD]-40,0
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Airplane Oil
[/TD] [TD]13.118
[/TD] [TD]11,555
[/TD] [TD]255,725
[/TD] [TD]152.510
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]13.5
[/TD] [TD]67.7
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Kerosene
[/TD] [TD]1.927
[/TD] [TD]3.207
[/TD] [TD]13.822
[/TD] [TD]13.492
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-39.9
[/TD] [TD]2.4
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Motor Oil
[/TD] [TD]28.612
[/TD] [TD]29.146
[/TD] [TD]331.140
[/TD] [TD]345,047
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-1.8
[/TD] [TD]-4.0
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Agricultural Oil
[/TD] [TD]1.400
[/TD] [TD]1.947
[/TD] [TD]22.787
[/TD] [TD]24.328
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-28.1
[/TD] [TD]-6.3
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Heating Oil
[/TD] [TD]11.174
[/TD] [TD]13.756
[/TD] [TD]93.448
[/TD] [TD]83.117
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-18.8
[/TD] [TD]12.4
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Shipping Oil
[/TD] [TD]9.335
[/TD] [TD]16.236
[/TD] [TD]126.024
[/TD] [TD]116.675
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-42.5
[/TD] [TD]8.0
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Light Mazut
[/TD] [TD]15.055
[/TD] [TD]14.434
[/TD] [TD]182.365
[/TD] [TD]160.301
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]4.3
[/TD] [TD]13.8
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Heavy Mazut
[/TD] [TD]946
[/TD] [TD]581
[/TD] [TD]10,112
[/TD] [TD]9.501
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]62.8
[/TD] [TD]6.4
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Lubricating Oils
[/TD] [TD]235
[/TD] [TD]186
[/TD] [TD]2.775
[/TD] [TD]2,604
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]26.3
[/TD] [TD]6.6
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Asphalt
[/TD] [TD]1.694
[/TD] [TD]3.795
[/TD] [TD]31.067
[/TD] [TD]42.289
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-55.4
[/TD] [TD]-26.5
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Humidity
[/TD] [TD]7.354
[/TD] [TD]7.365
[/TD] [TD]60.253
[/TD] [TD]54.617
[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]-0.1
[/TD] [TD]10.3
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]
Total
[/TD] [TD]118.203
[/TD] [TD]
129,519
[/TD] [TD]1,439,663
[/TD] [TD]1,309.877
[/TD] [/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]
-8,7
[/TD] [TD]9,9
[/TD] [/TR] Table 2 [TD] [/TD] [TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TD] [TR] [TD] [TD] Products Sales from petrol stations (tonnes) Percentage Change (%) Dec 2022 Dec 2021 Jan - Dec 2022 Jan - Dec 2021 Dec 2022 / Dec 2021 Jan- Dec 2022/ Jan- Dec 2021 Unleaded petrol 27.075 26.963 306.281 300.817 0.4 1.8 Kerosene 1.457 2.519 10.658 10.444 -42.2 2.0 Motor Oil 22.678 23.793 263.024 276.579 -4.7 -4.9 Agricultural Oil 944 1,386 15.523 17.162 -31.9 -9.6 Heating Oil 7.112 9.421 57.045 53.360 -24.5 6,9 Light Mazut 39 54 457 459 -27,8 -0.4 Lubricating Oils 76 81 1.085 1.042 -6.2 4.1 Total 59.381 64,217 654,073 659.863 -7.5 -0,9
METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
Purpose and coverage
To collect data on imports, sales and stocks of petroleum products is carried out on a monthly basis.
It covers sales of petroleum products from petroleum service stations and sales to government departments, British Bases and the United Nations, ships and other customers, as well as stocks at the end of each month. Only oil companies are covered. In addition, it includes imports of petroleum products directly from the Cyprus Electricity Authority (CPA) and the manufacturing industry.
Data collection
Data is collected on a monthly basis by the Statistical Service, which receives the specially designed questionnaire electronically from each of the companies concerned.
For more information:
Statistical Service Portal, under Energy
CYSTAT-DB (Database)
Predefined Tables (Excel)
Contact
Nausica Apostolou: Tel: 22602199. Tel. Postal: napostolou@cystat.mof.gov.cy
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