Today (Thursday, May 7) the Central Bureau of Statistics published a report on fuel duty clearances for the month of January.
the Data It shows that clearance of premium gas oil, also known as green diesel, fell by 3.1% in January 2026 (85 million litres), compared to January 2025 (88 million litres).
Diesel vehicles, unleaded gasoline and kerosene received higher permits in January 2026 compared to levels seen in the same month the previous year.
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“Clearance is the duty paid on the amount of oil removed from bonded warehouses and provides a proxy for sales,” explained Dr. Robert Stapleton, a statistician in the CSO’s Climate and Energy Department.
Indirect permits for unleaded gasoline in January 2026 of 89 million liters were 10% higher than in January 2025.
This was the largest volume of unleaded gasoline permits recorded for January since 2017.
The report shows that permits for kerosene, traditionally used for home heating, rose by 6.6% in January 2025 to 129 million litres.
“There was a 3% reduction to 3.4 billion liters in diesel tax clearance when comparing the 12-month period from February 2025 to January 2026 with February 2024 to January 2025,” Stapleton said.
Unleaded gasoline tax clearances rose 6.2% when comparing the two 12-month periods.
Green diesel tax permits rose 1.5% during this time frame.
While kerosene tax clearances of 972 million liters were 1.2% higher when comparing the 12-month period from February 2025 to January 2026 with February 2024 to January 2025.
Wholesale prices for diesel, gasoline, and gasoil (other than diesel fuel) were higher in January 2026 than in December 2025.
