The National Bureau of Statistics, NBS has announced that four point eighty seven billion litres of petrol were imported into the country in the first quarter of this year.
The Bureau made the disclosure in its Petroleum Products Imports and Consumption Truck Out Statistics for First Quarter, 2019.
It also reported that one point one two billion litres of diesel, 103.05 million litres of kerosene and over two hundred and twenty seven million litres of aviation fuel were imported.
The report also indicated that more than ninety five million litres of base oil, over eighteen million litres of bitumen and about thirteen million litres of Low Pour Fuel Oil were imported in the period under review.
The NBS said that state-wide distribution or truck-out volume for the first quarter showed that four point eighty nine billion litres of petrol were distributed nationwide.
