‘Nigeria imported 5.26b litres of petrol in Q1’

John Ofikhenua, Abuja

NIGERIA imported 5.21 billion litres of petrol (Premium Motor Spirit, PMS) in the First Quarter (Q1) 2 of the year, said National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

In the period under review, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) imported 1.66billion litres of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), 258.27million litres of Aviation Turbine Kerosene (ATK), 28.33million litres of Low Pour Fuel Oil (LPFO) and 135.14million litres of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).

NBS disclosed this on its website on Thursday.

According to its report, “The petroleum products importation statistics for Q1 2020 reflected that 5.26billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), 1.66billion litres of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), 258.27million litres of Aviation Turbine Kerosene (ATK), 28.33million litres of Low Pour Fuel Oil (LPFO) and 135.14million litres of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) were imported in Q1 2020.”

The report said zonal distribution of truck-out volume for Full Q1 2020 showed that 5.36billion of premium motor spirit  (PMS), 1.56bilion litres of automotive gas oil (AGO), 8.73milion litres of household kerosene (HHK), 283.90million  litres of Aviation Turbine Kerosene (ATK), 23.36million litres of Low Pour Fuel Oil (LPFO) and 290.24million of  Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) were distributed nationwide during the period under review.