165.7m litres of LPG imported in Q2
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said 165.71 million litres of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) was imported into the country in the second quarter(Q2).
The NBS disclosed this in its “Petroleum Products Importation and Consumption (Truck Out): LPG (Q2 2018)” report released in Abuja.
According to the report, April recorded the highest volumes of LPG imported into the country at 59.89 million litres.
It said 55.37 million litres was imported in May, while the lowest volume was imported in June at 50.45 million litres in the period under review.
It would be recalled that March recorded the highest volume of LPG imported into the country in the first quarter at 39.47million litres.
The same volume of 33.83million litres was imported in January and February in the first quarter.
According to the bureau, the statewide distribution of truck-out volume for the second quarter showed that 105.49 million of LPG was distributed nationwide during the period under review. The petroleum products importation and truck-out statistics for Q2 2018 reflected that 165.71 mln litres of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) were imported into the country in Q2 2018. The months of April 2018 recorded the highest volumes of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) imported into the country at 59.89 mln litres while the lowest volume were imported in June 2018. Statewide distribution of truck-out volume for Q2 2018 showed that 105.49mln of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) were distributed nationwide during the period under review.