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Domestic sales of refined petroleum products
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Sales of refined petroleum products increased in September compared to the same month in 2005, as sales were higher in four of the seven major product groups.
Sales totaled 8 469 700 cubic metres in September, up 3.9% compared with the same month a year earlier. (One cubic metre is equivalent to 6.3 barrels.)
The biggest increase occurred in motor gasoline, where sales rose 2.2% or by 72 700 cubic metres. Light fuel oil sales increased 9.3% or by 20 400 cubic metres, while diesel fuel oil sales declined 3.6% or by 85 200 cubic metres.
Sales increased in all categories of motor gasoline. Premium grades increased 10.8%, while regular unleaded grades rose 1.5%. Mid-grade sales were up 0.5%.
On a year-to-date basis, sales of refined petroleum products at the end of September totaled 73 579 700 cubic metres, down 3.1% from a year earlier.
Sales fell in four of the seven major product groups. The largest decline occurred in heavy fuel oil, where sales were off 21.9%, the equivalent of 1 285 600 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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