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Fuel Excise Clearances August 2023

Autodiesel volumes in August 2023 highest since records began

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CSO statistical publication, 06 October 2023, 11am

Key Findings

Clearances of autodiesel in August 2023, at 325 million litres, were 7.3% higher than in August 2022. This was the highest quantity of autodiesel recorded for the month of August since records began in 2000 (See Figure 1 and Table 1A).
Autodiesel clearances were 2% higher in the first eight months of 2023 compared with the first eight months of 2022 (See Table A).
Clearances of petrol in August 2023, at 97 million litres, were 19% higher than in August 2022 (See Table 1B).
Unleaded petrol clearances were 10.6% higher in the first eight months of 2023 compared with the first eight months of 2022 (See Table A).
Excise clearances of marked gas oil in August 2023 were 107 million litres. This was 0.1% lower compared with August 2022 (See Figure 1 and Table 1C).
Clearances of kerosene in August 2023 were 19% higher compared with August 2022 (See Table 1D).

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (06 October 2023) released Fuel Excise Clearances August 2023.

Commenting on the release Paul McElvaney, Statistician in the Environment and Climate Division, said: "At 325 million litres, clearances of autodiesel in August 2023 were 7.3% higher than in August 2022 and 10% higher than in August 2021 (See Figure 1 and Table 1A). This was the highest quantity of autodiesel recorded for the month of August since records began in 2000. Autodiesel clearances were 2% higher in the first eight months of 2023 compared with the same period in 2022. (See Table A).

Clearances of petrol in August 2023 were 97 million litres, which was 19% higher than in August 2022 (See Table 1B). Looking at the first eight months of the year, unleaded petrol clearances were 10.6% higher compared with the same period in 2022 (See Table A).

Excise clearances in August 2023 of marked gas oil were 0.1% lower than in August 2022 (See Figure 1 and Table 1C). Marked gas oil is primarily used for off-road purposes such as agriculture and the heating of larger buildings.

Clearances in August 2023 of kerosene were 19% higher compared with August 2022 (See Table 1D). Kerosene is mainly used as a home heating fuel."

Editor's Note

The data used in this statistical release mainly relate to Revenue Commissioners monthly excise clearance volumes. The use of transport fuels such as autodiesel and unleaded petrol are less seasonal than the use of home heating fuels. Price changes, exceptionally cold weather, and storage capacity (home heating oil tanks) can all combine to create marked variations in the monthly clearances. Levels of activity in the economy and changes in the vehicle fleet composition can affect the volume of clearances of road fuels. See Background Notes for definition of fuel excise clearances.

Tables and Graphs

Table A: Excise Clearance Percentage Changes for Selected Fuels August 2023
Fuel	January-August 2023/2022	September-August 12-months 2023/2022
Autodiesel	2.0%	0.4%
Unleaded Petrol	10.6%	7.7%
Marked Gas Oil	-3.4%	-5.2%
Kerosene	2.7%	-2.7%

Open in Excel: Fuel Excise Clearances August 2023 Table A (XLS 10KB)

	Autodiesel	Unleaded Petrol	Marked Gas Oil	Kerosene
August 2014	238	122	84	39
August 2015	263	117	88	58
August 2016	284	111	93	39
August 2017	299	103	89	53
August 2018	307	93	93	48
August 2019	308	90	90	46
August 2020	283	76	89	30
August 2021	297	78	101	40
August 2022	303	82	107	40
August 2023	325	97	107	48

Table 1A Monthly Excise Clearances of Autodiesel (Million litres) August 2023

Table 1B Monthly Excise Clearances of Unleaded Petrol (Million litres) August 2023

Table 1C Monthly Excise Clearances of Marked Gas Oil (Million litres) August 2023

Table 1D Monthly Excise Clearances of Kerosene (Million litres) August 2023

	Autodiesel	Unleaded Petrol	Marked Gas Oil	Kerosene
2000	1.992	1.954	1.596	0.789
2001	2.15	2.044	1.63	0.95
2002	2.263	2.12	1.547	0.939
2003	2.299	2.114	1.565	0.983
2004	2.444	2.188	1.581	1.053
2005	2.596	2.264	1.645	1.081
2006	2.836	2.33	1.653	1.126
2007	3.025	2.377	1.592	1.124
2008	2.96	2.31	1.503	1.202
2009	2.714	2.117	1.274	1.253
2010	2.56	1.93	1.226	1.329
2011	2.563	1.829	1.155	1.051
2012	2.548	1.668	1.126	0.898
2013	2.676	1.568	1.102	0.906
2014	2.847	1.483	0.998	0.857
2015	3.106	1.416	1.014	1.015
2016	3.33	1.335	1.044	1.05
2017	3.571	1.25	1.055	1.089
2018	3.589	1.098	1.087	1.149
2019	3.679	1.043	1.093	1.068
2020	3.167	0.773	1.134	1.257
2021	3.398	0.825	1.173	1.107
2022	3.588	0.931	1.147	0.922

Table 2: Annual Excise Clearances 2000-2022

Tables 3A to 3D (see below) show trends in the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for selected fuels.

Table 3A: Wholesale Price Index for Autodiesel August 2023

Table 3B: Wholesale Price Index for Petrol August 2023

Table 3C: Wholesale Price Index for Gas Oil August 2023

Table 3D: Wholesale Price Index for Fuel Oil August 2023

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Table 1A Monthly Excise Clearances of Autodiesel (Million litres) August 2023											Million litres
Year	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2000	178	161	175	158	178	173	160	175	179	165	175	115
2001	198	164	178	170	188	174	181	182	182	188	192	153
2002	211	178	187	189	199	176	198	192	195	200	199	139
2003	219	180	190	187	200	187	200	183	202	213	197	140
2004	233	186	218	208	209	204	210	205	212	213	213	133
2005	253	198	223	218	221	227	209	233	226	211	232	142
2006	288	221	246	231	248	243	229	239	236	249	257	150
2007	313	237	258	243	277	253	252	259	249	281	264	139
2008	322	254	241	279	257	235	243	240	248	260	234	147
2009	290	208	238	227	230	225	244	214	241	230	217	150
2010	249	203	230	224	212	224	215	219	225	222	231	105
2011	271	208	217	213	216	214	211	226	211	214	226	137
2012	296	198	216	206	225	199	211	221	210	226	224	117
2013	290	199	225	224	240	212	229	234	221	239	233	130
2014	311	212	238	239	249	227	246	238	247	255	236	148
2015	329	233	256	259	264	259	273	263	270	277	260	165
2016	353	265	279	287	281	281	270	284	292	277	292	170
2017	365	264	305	276	307	296	288	299	293	293	301	283
2018	281	277	292	293	324	301	299	307	295	320	313	287
2019	292	281	308	312	325	298	316	308	308	323	316	293
2020	298	295	281	139	198	248	297	283	300	280	262	286
2021	197	213	262	273	290	304	313	297	310	336	309	293
2022	264	283	309	306	314	298	296	303	310	298	310	296
2023	275	285	313	293	342	289	297	325

Table 1B Monthly Excise Clearances of Unleaded Petrol (Million litres) August 2023											Million litres
Year	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2000	180	148	168	159	175	170	166	181	168	160	164	113
2001	198	150	165	167	184	171	178	193	165	179	177	117
2002	211	158	178	178	194	163	191	191	174	186	174	123
2003	217	159	172	180	189	170	189	182	179	187	167	123
2004	228	164	190	192	183	184	194	186	186	182	183	117
2005	242	167	198	193	192	197	195	204	191	184	190	109
2006	265	175	204	193	202	199	190	203	195	196	197	111
2007	277	182	200	195	211	199	198	214	191	214	194	102
2008	277	189	191	206	204	187	193	190	193	202	180	99
2009	255	161	180	179	187	177	186	172	183	177	164	96
2010	211	153	175	171	167	170	165	165	165	163	160	64
2011	207	147	160	159	154	154	153	158	148	147	151	92
2012	197	135	150	138	151	139	137	144	133	141	135	68
2013	192	119	136	132	143	125	135	134	124	133	127	68
2014	180	111	127	128	133	118	129	122	125	127	114	69
2015	169	109	119	123	122	117	125	117	118	120	110	67
2016	160	108	116	116	115	112	110	111	112	105	108	60
2017	143	93	109	102	109	103	100	103	97	96	98	96
2018	88	86	88	92	103	95	92	93	87	94	90	89
2019	83	78	88	91	93	87	92	90	87	87	84	83
2020	79	77	68	25	47	58	78	76	77	62	53	72
2021	38	42	56	65	70	79	83	78	80	84	73	75
2022	66	66	78	79	83	79	81	82	80	79	79	80
2023	73	75	83	82	98	84	85	97

Table 2 Annual Excise Clearances 2000-2022						Million litres
Year	Autodiesel	Unleaded Petrol	Marked Gas Oil	Kerosene	Auto LPG	Other LPG	Fuel Oil
2000	1,992	1,954	1,596	789	4	285	1,443
2001	2,150	2,044	1,630	950	3	277	1,597
2002	2,263	2,120	1,547	939	2	267	1,200
2003	2,299	2,114	1,565	983	2	273	809
2004	2,444	2,188	1,581	1,053	2	279	950
2005	2,596	2,264	1,645	1,081	2	277	929
2006	2,836	2,330	1,653	1,126	2	276	884
2007	3,025	2,377	1,592	1,124	1	279	569
2008	2,960	2,310	1,503	1,202	1	242	423
2009	2,714	2,117	1,274	1,253	1	153	141
2010	2,560	1,930	1,226	1,329	0	165	130
2011	2,563	1,829	1,155	1,051	0	147	85
2012	2,548	1,668	1,126	898	1	195	77
2013	2,676	1,568	1,102	906	2	226	83
2014	2,847	1,483	998	857	4	227	64
2015	3,106	1,416	1,014	1,015	4	245	61
2016	3,330	1,335	1,044	1,050	4	263	56
2017	3,571	1,250	1,055	1,089	4	298	58
2018	3,589	1,098	1,087	1,149	3	325	49
2019	3,679	1,043	1,093	1,068	3	330	45
2020	3,167	773	1,134	1,257	2	327	41
2021	3,398	825	1,173	1,107	2	351	35
2022	3,588	931	1,147	922	3	341	34

Table 3A Wholesale Price Index for Autodiesel August 2023												2015=100
Year	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2000	58.4	58.2	59.5	59.4	58.8	59.8	61.0	61.2	68.4	68.8	68.8	62.1
2001	57.9	53.2	54.4	54.3	54.7	55.1	55.9	54.2	53.9	54.0	53.1	54.7
2002	54.4	54.4	55.6	57.7	58.1	58.1	57.2	57.2	57.9	59.1	59.3	59.5
2003	61.2	63.1	65.8	59.7	59.8	57.2	58.1	58.4	59.8	58.8	60.3	63.8
2004	63.6	63.6	63.6	65.2	68.5	68.2	67.6	69.3	72.3	74.6	74.6	73.5
2005	73.0	71.4	75.5	79.0	76.6	79.1	82.9	82.4	85.0	87.6	82.1	81.4
2006	82.2	82.9	84.1	85.5	86.1	86.1	87.0	87.8	84.4	83.3	83.2	83.3
2007	81.1	81.3	83.3	84.5	84.9	86.6	87.2	88.1	89.4	90.1	95.6	93.7
2008	96.1	95.3	100.4	101.7	110.4	114.3	115.4	105.1	105.1	96.1	90.1	80.0
2009	79.9	78.6	75.8	83.6	84.4	88.7	83.9	89.7	87.0	88.7	89.7	90.5
2010	94.3	94.1	98.2	99.3	100.4	100.1	99.5	99.2	100.6	100.0	102.2	105.1
2011	107.1	108.3	111.5	111.9	108.8	110.3	111.2	108.2	110.8	110.9	113.6	112.6
2012	115.9	114.9	117.0	115.9	114.5	111.3	114.0	117.6	117.7	118.1	115.1	113.1
2013	114.2	115.7	114.0	111.7	111.5	111.4	113.3	113.0	114.3	112.5	111.2	111.4
2014	110.7	111.4	109.7	110.6	110.5	111.2	110.7	110.6	110.1	108.0	106.9	101.1
2015	96.7	102.0	103.0	102.9	104.6	103.9	101.8	98.8	98.2	97.8	97.8	92.5
2016	90.2	89.2	93.6	93.6	95.4	97.5	96.3	95.2	96.2	99.3	96.8	101.5
2017	101.7	101.8	99.7	101.9	98.9	97.1	97.7	98.7	100.3	100.5	101.9	102.2
2018	103.7	100.1	100.8	104.0	107.1	106.9	106.3	107.2	108.4	111.1	109.5	104.6
2019	104.5	106.1	106.2	107.2	107.7	103.7	106.2	105.0	106.3	107.4	107.2	107.5
2020	108.1	105.0	96.1	92.7	91.6	95.3	96.8	97.7	94.8	97.1	98.2	100.2
2021	102.3	104.8	107.3	105.9	108.6	110.1	111.4	110.9	112.6	121.8	122.5	118.5
2022	121.7	125.5	133.3	134.9	138.0	151.7	146.4	138.5	135.2	142.0	133.9	127.5
2023	126.7	124.9	121.5	115.8	111.9	115.5	119.0	125.9

Table 3B Wholesale Price Index for Petrol August 2023												2015=100
Year	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2000	53.4	54.1	56.7	58.1	56.7	60.2	62.5	60.1	60.6	61.2	61.2	58.1
2001	54.6	55.0	56.5	56.9	61.4	62.5	59.0	55.5	55.5	54.9	52.5	55.0
2002	54.7	55.6	56.4	59.6	60.6	60.1	59.3	59.6	60.1	60.6	60.5	58.4
2003	59.8	62.3	62.4	60.4	59.6	57.8	58.4	59.4	61.0	59.4	59.0	62.0
2004	61.5	62.7	63.6	64.4	69.9	69.4	67.2	68.9	68.6	69.7	68.3	66.3
2005	64.1	66.6	68.0	72.6	71.1	72.0	76.7	77.8	82.2	79.3	74.9	74.8
2006	77.4	76.1	76.1	81.9	82.9	83.0	85.8	84.6	75.9	75.2	75.5	76.4
2007	75.1	75.4	79.6	81.5	84.1	85.7	86.2	83.1	83.2	83.1	88.0	85.3
2008	88.6	86.2	87.9	88.4	93.6	97.8	98.4	93.1	94.0	89.1	83.1	76.0
2009	77.0	81.8	78.7	83.1	86.5	90.7	86.0	91.1	87.6	87.6	89.9	90.3
2010	93.5	93.7	98.0	97.8	98.4	98.0	96.9	96.5	97.6	97.0	98.2	102.4
2011	103.8	103.3	107.0	108.5	108.2	106.6	108.3	105.3	107.8	106.6	105.9	106.7
2012	109.2	110.5	114.0	114.9	111.1	108.5	110.8	114.6	113.9	113.9	109.7	108.2
2013	109.5	111.8	109.8	108.6	108.7	108.6	111.1	110.4	108.6	107.4	107.0	106.1
2014	106.6	107.6	107.0	108.7	108.2	110.1	110.0	107.8	108.1	105.5	103.3	96.7
2015	93.4	98.6	102.0	102.6	104.1	106.0	106.0	101.0	97.5	96.6	97.0	95.3
2016	93.2	90.7	94.0	96.6	97.2	97.8	96.4	94.9	96.4	97.7	95.2	99.3
2017	101.5	102.2	99.3	102.4	100.1	98.5	98.4	99.1	100.1	99.0	101.4	100.7
2018	101.6	99.5	99.4	102.8	105.7	105.3	105.4	106.3	106.2	105.2	102.7	99.5
2019	99.7	100.6	102.2	107.0	107.4	103.0	106.2	103.7	102.7	103.9	104.7	104.6
2020	105.2	103.2	92.4	88.5	91.2	94.7	96.4	97.3	96.0	97.7	96.8	98.1
2021	100.7	102.2	106.5	105.9	107.4	108.5	111.0	110.9	111.8	118.7	120.2	115.3
2022	118.5	123.4	122.5	122.1	132.9	140.9	135.3	124.6	118.4	124.3	119.2	112.1
2023	113.6	116.9	116.2	117.0	113.4	115.8	115.8	120.5

Fuel Excise Clearances August 2023