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Monday, June 7, 2004

Domestic sales of refined petroleum products

April 2004 (preliminary)

Sales of refined petroleum products totalled 7 624 500 cubic metres in April, up 3.0% from April 2003. Sales increased in five of the seven major product groups, with diesel fuel oil up 94 600 cubic metres or 5.4%. Motor gasoline rose 114 200 cubic metres or 3.7 % and heavy fuel oil was down 158 600 cubic metres or 25.4%.

Sales of regular non-leaded (+3.5%) and sales of premium (+6.9%) rose, while mid-grade (-2.0%) fell from April 2003.

Year-to-date sales of refined petroleum products at the end of April reached 32 572 000 cubic metres up 4.1% from the same period of 2003. Sales rose in five of the seven major product groups with the largest increase in diesel fuel oil (412 000 cubic metres or 5.6%).

Preliminary data for domestic sales of refined petroleum products are no longer available on CANSIM.

Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2150.

For more information, or to enquire about the concepts, methods or data quality of this release, contact the dissemination officer (1-866-873-8789; 613-951-9497; energ@statcan.gc.ca), Manufacturing, Construction and Energy Division.

Sales of refined petroleum products
  April 2003r April 2004p April 2003 to April 2004
  '000 of cubic metres % change
Total, all products 7 404.9 7 624.5 3.0
Motor gasoline 3 119.4 3 233.6 3.7
Diesel fuel oil 1 768.3 1 862.9 5.4
Light fuel oil 439.2 419.6 -4.5
Heavy fuel oil 623.8 465.2 -25.4
Aviation turbo fuels 442.1 510.1 15.4
Petrochemical feedstocks1 326.6 385.6 18.1
All other refined products 685.6 747.4 9.0
  January to April 2003r January to April 2004p January-April 2003 to January-April 2004
  '000 of cubic metres % change
Total, all products 31 297.3 32 572.0 4.1
Motor gasoline 12 567.0 12 930.8 2.9
Diesel fuel oil 7 369.5 7 781.5 5.6
Light fuel oil 2 732.7 2 606.6 -4.6
Heavy fuel oil 2 665.1 2 407.0 -9.7
Aviation turbo fuels 1 817.3 1 993.0 9.7
Petrochemical feedstocks1 1 431.9 1 525.2 6.5
All other refined products 2 713.9 3 409.2 25.6
rRevised figures.
pPreliminary figures.
1.Materials produced by refineries that are used by the petrochemical industry to produce chemicals, synthetic rubber and a variety of plastics.



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