Latvian fuel sales up 11.7% in Q1

• Published date: 26 May 2022
• Publication title: LETA

RIGA, May 26 (LETA) - With 323,793 tons of fuel sold in January-March 2022, fuel sales in Latvia rose by 33,902 tons, or 11.7 percent from January-March 2021, according to the data on excised goods released by the Latvian State Revenue Service.

The amount of fuel sold in retail trade increased 6.8 percent and the amount of fuel sold by wholesalers grew 27.8 percent. Meanwhile, sales of market fuel increased by 10.9 percent year-on-year and the amount of fuel used for own consumption and other purposes was up 15.4 percent.

The amount of fuel sold in January-March 2022 included 232,123 tons of diesel fuel, 23,273 tons of gasoline, 23,718 tons of diesel fuel for farmers, 12,069 tons of petroleum, 10,403 tons of...