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Latvian gasoline and diesel fuel imports drop in H1

BC, Riga, 17.08.2017.Print version
During the first half of 2017, Latvian gasoline imports dropped 9.5% from the first six months of 2016, while diesel fuel imports declined 2.7% year-on-year, the Central Statistical Bureau reported LETA.

In January-June 2017, Latvia imported 137.019 million liters of gasoline and 696,369 tons of diesel fuel.

 

The value of gasoline imports rose 10.7% year-on-year to EUR 52.594 million in the six months of 2017, and the value of diesel fuel imports grew 30.1% year-on-year to EUR 311.515 million.

 

Lithuania was the main supplier of gasoline and diesel fuel to Latvia in the six months of 2017.

 

In the first six months of this year, Latvia imported 87.279 million liters of gasoline from Lithuania, accounting for 63.7% of all gasoline imports during the period (63.3% in the first half of 2016), and 46.793 million liters of gasoline or 34.2% from Finland. Gasoline imports from Lithuania dropped 9% year-on-year, while gasoline imports from Finland decreased 10.6% compared to the first six months in 2016.

 

In the first six months of this year, Latvia imported 433.973 tons of diesel fuel from Lithuania, which made up 62.3% (44.3% a year ago) of total diesel fuel imports and was a 36.8% increase against the first six months of last year. Diesel fuel imports from Finland fell 24.3% year-on-year to 172.791 tons, making up 24.8% of total diesel fuel imports, and diesel fuel imports from Russia were down to 44,565 tons, or 6.7%, which was 2.2 times less than a year ago.

 

During the first half of this year Latvia also imported 458 tons of fuel oil, down 49.8% from the same period last year. Latvia has been importing fuel oil only from Estonia this year.

 

During the first six months of 2016, Latvia imported 151.392 million tons of gasoline, 715,647 tons of diesel fuel and 911 tons of fuel oil.






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