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Gasoline consumption falls below 20% in Latvia for the past several years
BC, Riga, 03.08.2015.
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Print versionConsumption of gasoline has been falling in Latvia for the past several years, as the Latvian Fuel Traders Association's head Martins Stirans told the Nozare.lv business portal, cites LETA.
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For the first time in Latvia, the proportion of consumption of fuel was below 20% of total fuel consumption in Latvia in April 2015, said Stirans. Back in the 1990s, gasoline accounted for 80% of all fuel sales in Latvia.
As reported, a total of 1.233 million tons of oil products (fuel) was sold in Latvia last year, which is 19,710 tons or 2% more than in 2013. Retail of fuel increased 7%, according to the State Revenue Service's data.
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