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Domestic sales of refined petroleum products
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Sales of refined petroleum products were slightly lower this July compared to the same month in 2005, as sales fell in four of the seven major product groups.
Sales totalled 8 617 500 cubic metres, a year-over-year decline of 0.3%. (One cubic metre is equivalent to 6.3 barrels.)
The biggest decline occurred in petro-chemical feedstocks, where sales fell 35.9%, the equivalent drop of 141 300 cubic metres. Motor gasoline sales declined 0.8%, or 28 800 cubic metres, while diesel fuel oil sales rose by 88 900 cubic metres, or 4.1%.
Sales fell in all categories of motor gasoline. Mid-grades fell 9.6%, while premium grades were down 6.3%. Regular non-leaded grades slipped 0.1%.
On a year-to-date basis, sales of refined petroleum products at the end of July totalled 57 051 600 cubic metres, down 2.7% from the same seven-month period last year.
Sales fell in five of the seven major product groups. The largest decline occurred in heavy fuel oil, where sales were off 21.8%, the equivalent of 1 013 500 cubic metres.
Note: Preliminary data on domestic sales of refined petroleum products are no longer available on CANSIM.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 2150.
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