A total of 28.9bn litres of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, popularly known as petrol among other petroleum products was imported into Nigeria in 2019, the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, said.
The statistician agency made this disclosed in its Petroleum Products Imports and Consumption (Truck out) Statistics Report 2019.
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According to the report, “The Petroleum Products Importation Statistics for Full Year 2019 reflected that 20.89 billion litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), 5.15 billion litres of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), 128.11 million litres of Household Kerosene (HHK).
“Also, 1.07 billion litres of Aviation Turbine Kerosene (ATK), 45.98 million litres of Low Pour Fuel Oil (LPFO) and 526.06 million litres of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) were imported into the country in the full year 2019.”
