Annual Change in Sales -6.7%
In March 2023, total sales of petroleum products reached 111,817 tonnes, a decrease of 6.7% compared to March 2022. A decrease was recorded in oil supplies to ships (-37.8%), as well as in sales of kerosene (-71.1%), heating oil (-45.5%) and LPG (-39.6%). In contrast, an increase was recorded in oil supplies to aircraft (22.3%), as well as in sales of bitumen (81.6%), heavy fuel oil (8.2%), diesel (7.5%) and gasoline (6.7%). In particular, sales from petroleum product stations decreased by 5.6% to 56,211 tonnes.
Total sales of petroleum products in March 2023 compared to February 2023 increased by 3.7%. Indicatively, aircraft oil supplies increased (23.8%), as did sales of motor oil (19.1%) and gasoline (17.5%). Total petroleum product inventories at the end of March 2023 decreased by 6.4% compared to the end of the previous month.
In the January-March 2023 period, total petroleum product sales fell 5.1% compared to the same period last year.
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Table 1 |
[TR] [TD]
Products
[/TD] [TD]Total Sales (tonnes)
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]Percentage Change (%)
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Mar 2023
[/TD] [TD]Mar 2022
[/TD] [TD]Jan - Mar 2023
[/TD] [TD]
Jan - Mar 2022
[/TD] [TD]
Mar 2023 /
Mar 2022
Jan - Mar 2023 /
Jan - Mar 2022
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Unleaded petrol
[/TD] [TD]27.000
[/TD] [TD]25.307
[/TD] [TD]73.837
[/TD] [TD]68.635
[/TD] [TD]6.7
[/TD] [TD]7.6
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Airplane Gasoline
[/TD] [TD]2
[/TD] [TD]1
[/TD] [TD]6
[/TD] [TD]5
[/TD] [TD]100,0
[/TD] [TD]20,0
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Airplane Oil
[/TD] [TD]15.602
[/TD] [TD]12,753
[/TD] [TD]41,620
[/TD] [TD]30.657
[/TD] [TD]22.3
[/TD] [TD]35.8
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Kerosene
[/TD] [TD]807
[/TD] [TD]2.788
[/TD] [TD]5,751
[/TD] [TD]9,196
[/TD] [TD]-71.1
[/TD] [TD]-37.5
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Motor Oil
[/TD] [TD]29.491
[/TD] [TD]27.424
[/TD] [TD]78.955
[/TD] [TD]75.407
[/TD] [TD]7.5
[/TD] [TD]4.7
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Agricultural Oil
[/TD] [TD]1.589
[/TD] [TD]2.277
[/TD] [TD]4.146
[/TD] [TD]6.137
[/TD] [TD]-30.2
[/TD] [TD]-32.4
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Heating Oil
[/TD] [TD]7.635
[/TD] [TD]14.021
[/TD] [TD]31.958
[/TD] [TD]42.578
[/TD] [TD]-45.5
[/TD] [TD]-24.9
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Shipping Oil
[/TD] [TD]6,464
[/TD] [TD]10,389
[/TD] [TD]19,937
[/TD] [TD]39.073
[/TD] [TD]-37.8
[/TD] [TD]-49.0
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Light Mazut
[/TD] [TD]12.775
[/TD] [TD]12.802
[/TD] [TD]43.707
[/TD] [TD]43.068
[/TD] [TD]-0.2
[/TD] [TD]1.5
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Heavy Mazut
[/TD] [TD]1.791
[/TD] [TD]1.655
[/TD] [TD]3.169
[/TD] [TD]3.487
[/TD] [TD]8.2
[/TD] [TD]-9,1
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Lubricating Oils
[/TD] [TD]235
[/TD] [TD]210
[/TD] [TD]657
[/TD] [TD]588
[/TD] [TD]11,9
[/TD] [TD]11.7
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Asphalt
[/TD] [TD]3.353
[/TD] [TD]1.846
[/TD] [TD]7.772
[/TD] [TD]5.580
[/TD] [TD]81.6
[/TD] [TD]39.3
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]LPG
[/TD] [TD]5.073
[/TD] [TD]8.397
[/TD] [TD]18.837
[/TD] [TD]23,834
[/TD] [TD]-39.6
[/TD] [TD]-21.0
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Total
[/TD] [TD]111.817
[/TD] [TD]
119,870
[/TD] [TD]330,352
[/TD] [TD]348.245
[/TD] [TD]-6.7
[/TD] [TD]-5,1
[/TD] [/TR]
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Table 2 |
[TR] [TD]
Products
[/TD] [TD]Sales from service stations (tonnes)
[/TD] [/TD] [TD]Percentage Change (%)
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Mar 2023
[/TD] [TD]Mar 2022
[/TD] [TD]Jan - Mar 2023
[/TD] [TD]
Jan - Mar 2022
[/TD] [TD]
Mar 2023 /
Mar 2022
Jan - Mar 2023 / Jan - Mar 2022
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Unleaded petrol
[/TD] [TD]26.723
[/TD] [TD]24.969
[/TD] [TD]73.092
[/TD] [TD]67.787
[/TD] [TD]7.0
[/TD] [TD]7.8
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Kerosene
[/TD] [TD]628
[/TD] [TD]2.169
[/TD] [TD]4.400
[/TD] [TD]7,226
[/TD] [TD]-71.0
[/TD] [TD]-39.1
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Motor Oil
[/TD] [TD]23.296
[/TD] [TD]21.806
[/TD] [TD]62.129
[/TD] [TD]60.347
[/TD] [TD]6.8
[/TD] [TD]3.0
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Agricultural Oil
[/TD] [TD]1.028
[/TD] [TD]1.547
[/TD] [TD]2.755
[/TD] [TD]4.235
[/TD] [TD]-33.5
[/TD] [TD]-34.9
[/TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Heating Oil
[/TD] [TD]4.404
[/TD] [TD]8.935
[/TD] [TD]19.952
[/TD] [TD]28.101
[/TD] [TD]-50.7
[/TD] [TD]-29,0
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Light Mazut
[/TD] [TD]34
[/TD] [TD]49
[/TD] [TD]113
[/TD] [TD]127
[/TD] [TD]-30.6
[/TD] [TD]-11,0
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Lubricating Oils
[/TD] [TD]98
[/TD] [TD]91
[/TD] [TD]261
[/TD] [TD]240
[/TD] [TD]7,7
[/TD] [TD]8.7
[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Total
[/TD] [TD]56.211
[/TD] [TD]
59,566
[/TD] [TD]162,702
[/TD] [TD]168.063
[/TD] [TD]
-5.6
[/TD] [TD]-3,2
[/TD] [/TR] [/TR]
Methodological Information
Purpose and coverage
To collect data on Imports, Sales and Stocks of Petroleum Products is conducted 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), Methodological Information
The Predefined Tables in Excel format include data up to December 2022. For January 2023 and thereafter, the update is done only in the CYSTAT-DB Database.
Contact: Tel: 22602199. Tel. Postal: napostolou@cystat.mof.gov.cy
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