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Domestic sales of refined petroleum products

 

A 3.4% decline in the sales of refined petroleum products in June, compared with the same month in 2007, was led by lower demand for motor gasoline and diesel fuel oil. This was the second consecutive month of a year-over-year decline in sales for motor gasoline and diesel fuel oil.

 

Refined petroleum product sales totalled 8,372.4 thousand cubic metres, down 294.4 thousand cubic metres from June 2007. Sales decreased in five of the seven major product groups. Heavy fuel oil and aviation turbo fuels were the only products to post modest increases. (One cubic metre equals 1,000 litres.)

 

Motor gasoline sales in June totalled 3.5 million cubic metres, 4.5% or 165.1 thousand cubic metres below the same month a year earlier. Regular unleaded, which accounted for 91% of all grades, slipped 3.3%. Diesel fuel oil sales totalled 2.2 million cubic metres, down 3.6% or 81.6 thousand cubic metres below June 2007.






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