Oct 6 (Reuters) - India's fuel consumption in September rose 3.9% from the previous month to 19.26 million metric tons, data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell of the oil ministry showed on Tuesday.
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The September reading was also up 3.4% from a year earlier.
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Diesel consumption rose 2% from August and was up 5.4% from a year earlier.
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Gasoline sales fell 4.4% from August, but were up about 7.9% from a year earlier.
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Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) consumption rose 8.5% from August, but was down about 9.2% from a year earlier.
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Naphtha sales fell 16.2% from August and were down about 25.2% from a year earlier.
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Consumption of bitumen, used primarily in road construction, jumped 34.7% from August and rose about 6.1% from a year earlier.
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Fuel oil usage rose 5.5% from August and was up about 3.9% from a year earlier.
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India has cut windfall taxes on exports of diesel and aviation turbine fuel effective October 1, according to a government order in late September. The government reintroduced the tax in March 2026 after crude prices jumped during the US-Israeli war on Iran.
DOMESTIC SALES (in millions of metric tons):
|
2026 |
2026 |
2026 |
2025 |
2025 |
2025 |
|
|
September |
August |
July |
September |
August |
July |
|
|
Diesel |
7.16 |
7.02 |
8.09 |
6.79 |
6.58 |
7.36 |
|
Petrol |
3.67 |
3.84 |
3.82 |
3.40 |
3.54 |
3.50 |
|
LPG |
2.54 |
2.35 |
2.34 |
2.80 |
2.83 |
2.81 |
|
Naphtha |
0.70 |
0.83 |
0.80 |
1.01 |
1.07 |
0.96 |
|
Jet fuel |
0.73 |
0.73 |
0.71 |
0.72 |
0.71 |
0.71 |
|
Kerosene |
0.04 |
0.04 |
0.04 |
0.04 |
0.03 |
0.04 |
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Fuel Oil |
0.55 |
0.53 |
0.64 |
0.53 |
0.50 |
0.50 |
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Bitumen |
0.59 |
0.44 |
0.47 |
0.51 |
0.37 |
0.43 |
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TOTAL |
19.26 |
18.55 |
19.28 |
18.63 |
19.14 |
19.35 |
Reporting by Noel John in Bengaluru; Editing by Jonathan Ananda
Source: Reuters