Ukrainians buy less petro / Photo from UNIAN
Ukraine reduced petrol consumption by 5.3% year-on-year in the first six months of 2016 to one million tonnes, while consumption of diesel increased by 1.7% to 1.9 million tonnes, according to the Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Ministry.
Boiler oil consumption grew by 2.5 times to 367,600 tonnes.
As UNIAN reported earlier, citing data from Ukraine's State Fiscal Service, the country imported fuel worth US$1.295 billion from January to June 2016, down 25.4% year-on-year.
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It also boosted jet engine fuel output by 38.1% to 77,500 tonnes, while the production of boiler oil declined by 0.7% to 162,200 tonnes.