India's September fuel sales: LPG down 9%, petrol and diesel up

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India's LPG consumption fell over 9% year-on-year in September to 2.6 million tonnes, while petrol and diesel sales rose 7% and 5%, respectively, according to provisional PPAC data. Petrol sales increased to 3.6 million tonnes from 3.4 million tonnes a year earlier, while diesel rose to 7.1 million tonnes from 6.8 million tonnes. Erratic monsoon conditions due to El Nino boosted diesel demand for irrigation. For April-September, cumulative petrol consumption grew 7% to 22.6 million tonnes and diesel rose 4.8% to 47.9 million tonnes, while LPG declined 14.9% to 13.8 million tonnes compared to the same period in 2025-26.


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