MOLDOVA RAISED FUEL IMPORTS 3.8% IN 2019

Moldova imported over 861.1 thousand tons of petroleum products in 2019 – 21.7 thousand tons more than a year earlier.

According to the National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE), this was due to the growth of diesel fuel purchases – to 624 thousand tons from 587.8 thousand tons and of gasoline – to 171.5 thousand tons from 169.5 thousand tons. Meanwhile, the imports of liquefied petroleum gas fell – to 65.5 thousand tons from 71.9 thousand tons.

The main supplier of gasoline and diesel was Romania – 99.94% (+1.59%) and 87.26% (+4.79%), respectively. Most of LPG was supplied to Moldova by Kazakhstan, whose share in the total volume reached 35.8% (+25.8%). Russia was pushed to the second place in these terms with a share of 35.8% (-25.47%). Also, fuel was imported from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria, Ukraine.

The average price on importing a ton of gasoline varied between 9116 lei in January to 12,802 lei in May, diesel – 10,231 to 12,242 lei, LPG – 6621 in February to 8,889 lei in December.

The retail prices on gasoline grew over a year to 18.31-19.47 lei from 18-19.26 lei per liter, diesel – to 16.19 from 15.99 lei, while liquefied gas – fell to 10.20 from 10.25 lei per liter.

By the end of the last year, the petroleum product supplies reached almost 48.4 thousand tons, including 28.7 thousand tons of diesel fuel, 14.4 thousand tons of gasoline and 5.1 thousand tons of liquefied gas.

There are 23 companies in Moldova, which have license on importing and wholesale trade in gasoline and diesel, while 11 – on trading in LPG. 90 licenses were issued for retail trade in gasoline and diesel and 76 – in LPG. There are 710 gas stations in the territory of the republic, 503 of which are selling all the three types of fuels.