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Fuel Excise Clearances December 2023

Petrol clearances up 8% in 2023

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CSO statistical publication, 08 February 2024, 11am

Key Findings

Annual clearances of unleaded petrol for 2023, at around 1.0 billion litres, saw an increase of 8% on 2022 (See Figure 2, Table A, and Table 2).
Annual clearances of autodiesel for 2023, at around 3.6 billion litres, saw an increase of 0.2% on 2022 (See Figure 2, Table A, and Table 2).
Clearances of unleaded petrol in December 2023, at 83 million litres, were 4% higher than in December 2022 (See Figure 1 and Table 1B).
Clearances of autodiesel in December 2023, at 286 million litres, were 4% lower than in December 2022 (See Figure 1 and Table 1A).
Clearances of kerosene for 2023 were 0.4% lower than in 2022. This was the lowest annual clearance figure for kerosene since 2014 (See Figure 2, Table A, and Table 2).
Excise clearances of marked gas oil for 2023 saw a decrease of 4% compared with 2022 (See Figure 2, Table A, and Table 2).

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (08 February 2024) released Fuel Excise Clearances December 2023.

Commenting on the release Paul McElvaney, Statistician in the Environment and Climate Division, said: "At 286 million litres, clearances of autodiesel in December 2023 were 4% lower than in December 2022 (See Figure 1 and Table 1A). Looking at annual figures, at around 3.6 billion litres, the annual clearances of autodiesel for the year 2023 were 0.2% higher than for 2022, but were 2% lower than pre-pandemic levels in 2019 (See Figure 2, Table A, and Table 2).

Similarly, 2023 clearances of unleaded petrol, at 1.0 billion litres, were 8% higher than in 2022 but saw a decrease of 3% on 2019 levels (See Figure 2, Table A, and Table 2). Clearances of unleaded petrol in December 2023 were 83 million litres, which was 4% higher than in December 2022 (See Figure 1 and Table 1B).

Annual clearances of kerosene for 2023 were 0.4% lower than in 2022. At 918 million litres, this was the lowest annual clearance figure for kerosene since 2014 (See Figure 2, Table A, and Table 2). Clearances in December 2023 of kerosene were 14% lower compared with December 2022 (See Figure 1 and Table 1D). Kerosene is mainly used as a home heating fuel.

Excise clearances of marked gas oil for 2023 saw a decrease of 4% compared with 2022 (See Figure 2, Table A, and Table 2). Excise clearances in December 2023 of marked gas oil were 21% lower than in December 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."

Editor's Note

The data used in this statistical release mainly relate to the 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 December 2023
Fuel	January-December 2023/2022
Autodiesel	0.2%
Unleaded Petrol	8.4%
Marked Gas Oil	-4.5%
Kerosene	-0.4%

Open in Excel: Fuel Excise Clearances December 2023 Table A (XLS 15KB)

Trends in December Clearances 2014-2023

	Autodiesel	Unleaded Petrol	Marked Gas Oil	Kerosene
December 2014	148	69	49	92
December 2015	165	67	59	91
December 2016	170	60	63	88
December 2017	283	96	76	148
December 2018	287	89	70	142
December 2019	293	83	76	150
December 2020	286	72	84	162
December 2021	293	75	86	142
December 2022	296	80	92	148
December 2023	286	83	73	128

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

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

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

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

Trends in Annual Clearances 2000-2023

	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
2023	3.594	1.01	1.096	0.918

Table 2: Annual Excise Clearances 2000-2023

Trends in Wholesale Price Index for Selected Fuels 2010-2023

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

	Petrol	Autodiesel	Gas oil (other than autodiesel)	Fuel oil
January 2010	93.5	94.3	91.4	97
February 2010	93.7	94.1	90.7	97.1
March 2010	98	98.2	96.9	101.2
April 2010	97.8	99.3	97.6	102.2
May 2010	98.4	100.4	102.6	107.9
June 2010	98	100.1	102.6	107.2
July 2010	96.9	99.5	100.7	106.9
August 2010	96.5	99.2	100.1	106.6
September 2010	97.6	100.6	101.7	106.8
October 2010	97	100	100.7	105.8
November 2010	98.2	102.2	103.7	107.7
December 2010	102.4	105.1	105.3	108.3
January 2011	103.8	107.1	109.1	111.9
February 2011	103.3	108.3	109.7	112.4
March 2011	107	111.5	114.2	118.7
April 2011	108.5	111.9	115.3	121.3
May 2011	108.2	108.8	110.9	116.8
June 2011	106.6	110.3	113	119.2
July 2011	108.3	111.2	114.4	120.9
August 2011	105.3	108.2	110.4	116
September 2011	107.8	110.8	113.7	119.1
October 2011	106.6	110.9	113.2	119.6
November 2011	105.9	113.6	117.3	122.5
December 2011	106.7	112.6	115.8	121.9
January 2012	109.2	115.9	119.7	126.2
February 2012	110.5	114.9	119.4	126.3
March 2012	114	117	121.4	129.6
April 2012	114.9	115.9	119.9	128.3
May 2012	111.1	114.5	119.3	126.1
June 2012	108.5	111.3	115	122.2
July 2012	110.8	114	117.8	124.4
August 2012	114.6	117.6	122.2	130
September 2012	113.9	117.7	123.6	130.1
October 2012	113.9	118.1	124.5	126.4
November 2012	109.7	115.1	120.3	123
December 2012	108.2	113.1	118.5	120.9
January 2013	109.5	114.2	119.3	123.1
February 2013	111.8	115.7	122.3	125.9
March 2013	109.8	114	118.9	122.8
April 2013	108.6	111.7	116.1	120.3
May 2013	108.7	111.5	116	120.6
June 2013	108.6	111.4	115.8	120.4
July 2013	111.1	113.3	118.6	121.4
August 2013	110.4	113	118.3	120.7
September 2013	108.6	114.3	119.7	121.9
October 2013	107.4	112.5	117.7	119.9
November 2013	107	111.2	116.4	118.9
December 2013	106.1	111.4	116.5	119.4
January 2014	106.6	110.7	115.9	118.1
February 2014	107.6	111.4	116.7	120.6
March 2014	107	109.7	114.3	119.2
April 2014	108.7	110.6	115.2	119.6
May 2014	108.2	110.5	115.7	119.9
June 2014	110.1	111.2	116.3	121.5
July 2014	110	110.7	115.8	120.7
August 2014	107.8	110.6	115.6	118
September 2014	108.1	110.1	114.9	117.9
October 2014	105.5	108	111.4	113.9
November 2014	103.3	106.9	109.5	110.1
December 2014	96.7	101.1	101.7	102.4
January 2015	93.4	96.7	95.4	96
February 2015	98.6	102	103.6	103.8
March 2015	102	103	104.1	103.6
April 2015	102.6	102.9	104.9	105.7
May 2015	104.1	104.6	107.5	108
June 2015	106	103.9	105.8	106.3
July 2015	106	101.8	102.7	103.2
August 2015	101	98.8	98.3	97.4
September 2015	97.5	98.2	97	95.2
October 2015	96.6	97.8	96.4	96.2
November 2015	97	97.8	96.4	95.5
December 2015	95.3	92.5	87.9	89.1
January 2016	93.2	90.2	85.5	85.7
February 2016	90.7	89.2	84.5	85.9
March 2016	94	93.6	90.3	90.5
April 2016	96.6	93.6	90.6	91.3
May 2016	97.2	95.4	93.4	93.9
June 2016	97.8	97.5	96.2	97
July 2016	96.4	96.3	94.8	96.7
August 2016	94.9	95.2	93	95.8
September 2016	96.4	96.2	94.2	97.4
October 2016	97.7	99.3	97.9	100.9
November 2016	95.2	96.8	94.4	97.3
December 2016	99.3	101.5	100.9	104.5
January 2017	101.5	101.7	100.9	106.5
February 2017	102.2	101.8	101.6	105.3
March 2017	99.3	99.7	98.5	101.8
April 2017	102.4	101.9	101.8	105.6
May 2017	100.1	98.9	97.3	102
June 2017	98.5	97.1	94.8	100.3
July 2017	98.4	97.7	95.3	99.7
August 2017	99.1	98.7	96.4	100.2
September 2017	100.1	100.3	99.7	102.6
October 2017	99	100.5	99.1	103.1
November 2017	101.4	101.9	102.7	106.7
December 2017	100.7	102.2	102.6	105.1
January 2018	101.6	103.7	105.2	108
February 2018	99.5	100.1	99.9	103.8
March 2018	99.4	100.8	100.8	104.4
April 2018	102.8	104	104.2	108.2
May 2018	105.7	107.1	107.9	112.9
June 2018	105.3	106.9	107.6	112.7
July 2018	105.4	106.3	106.8	112.5
August 2018	106.3	107.2	108.4	112.9
September 2018	106.2	108.4	109.5	113.9
October 2018	105.2	111.1	112.3	117.3
November 2018	102.7	109.5	108.6	113.2
December 2018	99.5	104.6	102.5	107.1
January 2019	99.7	104.5	102.8	107.3
February 2019	100.6	106.1	105.4	110.4
March 2019	102.2	106.2	106	111.6
April 2019	107	107.2	107.7	112.4
May 2019	107.4	107.7	108	112.6
June 2019	103	103.7	102.6	108.2
July 2019	106.2	106.2	105.8	112.9
August 2019	103.7	105	104	108.8
September 2019	102.7	106.3	105.4	109.2
October 2019	103.9	107.4	105.5	109.3
November 2019	104.7	107.2	105.2	109.3
December 2019	104.6	107.5	105.4	109
January 2020	105.2	108.1	104.9	108.8
February 2020	103.2	105	101.4	105.5
March 2020	92.4	96.1	89	95.2
April 2020	88.5	92.7	84.5	87.4
May 2020	91.2	91.6	83.7	88
June 2020	94.7	95.3	88.7	94
July 2020	96.4	96.8	89.9	95.8
August 2020	97.3	97.7	91.6	95.3
September 2020	96	94.8	87.4	92.8
October 2020	97.7	97.1	88.9	94.5
November 2020	96.8	98.2	90	96
December 2020	98.1	100.2	92.9	98.2
January 2021	100.7	102.3	95.9	100.8
February 2021	102.2	104.8	98.6	103
March 2021	106.5	107.3	101.8	105.3
April 2021	105.9	105.9	99.8	104
May 2021	107.4	108.6	103.7	107.2
June 2021	108.5	110.1	105.7	108.5
July 2021	111	111.4	108.2	110.6
August 2021	110.9	110.9	106.8	109.5
September 2021	111.8	112.6	108.7	110.8
October 2021	118.7	121.8	116.6	117.6
November 2021	120.2	122.5	115.8	116.9
December 2021	115.3	118.5	112.9	114.7
January 2022	118.5	121.7	118.3	120.7
February 2022	123.4	125.5	124.1	123.7
March 2022	122.5	133.3	148.7	138.8
April 2022	122.1	134.9	144	139.9
May 2022	132.9	138	147.6	151.3
June 2022	140.9	151.7	165.3	160.4
July 2022	135.3	146.4	161.3	148.7
August 2022	124.6	138.5	143.6	142.5
September 2022	118.4	135.2	147.2	145.8
October 2022	124.3	142	155.7	147.7
November 2022	119.2	133.9	144.8	144.8
December 2022	112.1	127.5	129.3	132.7
January 2023	113.6	126.7	128.8	132.7
February 2023	116.9	124.9	127.5	131.2
March 2023	116.2	121.5	126.1	128.5
April 2023	117	115.8	122.7	125.8
May 2023	113.4	111.9	115.6	120.5
June 2023	115.8	115.5	118.9	120.9
July 2023	115.8	119	123.6	127
August 2023	120.5	125.9	140.2	144.5
September 2023	128.2	139.9	150.1	151.1
October 2023	125	137.6	142	145.9
November 2023	123.1	133.2	135.1	140.1
December 2023	119.2	129.4	126.2	130

Table 3A: Wholesale Price Index for Autodiesel December 2023

Table 3B: Wholesale Price Index for Petrol December 2023

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

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

Trends in Monthly Mean Air Temperature 2010-2023

Figure 4 and Table 4 show trends in the monthly mean air temperature at Dublin Airport.

X-axis label	Monthly Mean Air Temperature
January 2010	1.7
February 2010	2.3
March 2010	4.9
April 2010	7.7
May 2010	9.6
June 2010	14.1
July 2010	16
August 2010	13.9
September 2010	13.1
October 2010	10.1
November 2010	5.2
December 2010	-0.1
January 2011	3.6
February 2011	7
March 2011	5.8
April 2011	10.1
May 2011	11.4
June 2011	12
July 2011	13.8
August 2011	13.5
September 2011	14
October 2011	11.8
November 2011	9.7
December 2011	5.8
January 2012	6.1
February 2012	6.6
March 2012	8
April 2012	6.6
May 2012	9.8
June 2012	12.7
July 2012	14
August 2012	15.3
September 2012	12
October 2012	8.4
November 2012	6.4
December 2012	5.4
January 2013	4.9
February 2013	4.2
March 2013	3.1
April 2013	6.8
May 2013	10
June 2013	12.7
July 2013	16.7
August 2013	15.6
September 2013	13
October 2013	11.7
November 2013	6.3
December 2013	6.9
January 2014	5.7
February 2014	5.6
March 2014	6.8
April 2014	8.9
May 2014	11.3
June 2014	13.6
July 2014	15.8
August 2014	13.9
September 2014	13.1
October 2014	10.9
November 2014	7.7
December 2014	5.4
January 2015	4.7
February 2015	4
March 2015	5.8
April 2015	7.4
May 2015	9.6
June 2015	12.9
July 2015	13.8
August 2015	14
September 2015	11.8
October 2015	10.2
November 2015	8.7
December 2015	8.6
January 2016	5.7
February 2016	4.4
March 2016	5.9
April 2016	6.2
May 2016	11.1
June 2016	14
July 2016	15.7
August 2016	15.4
September 2016	14.3
October 2016	10.4
November 2016	5.6
December 2016	6.7
January 2017	5.7
February 2017	6.2
March 2017	7.7
April 2017	8
May 2017	11.6
June 2017	14.4
July 2017	15
August 2017	14.6
September 2017	12.4
October 2017	11.2
November 2017	6.5
December 2017	5.3
January 2018	5.3
February 2018	3.4
March 2018	4.3
April 2018	8.1
May 2018	11.4
June 2018	14.5
July 2018	16.1
August 2018	15.3
September 2018	12.2
October 2018	9.3
November 2018	8.2
December 2018	7.7
January 2019	5.1
February 2019	7
March 2019	7.3
April 2019	8
May 2019	10.2
June 2019	12.5
July 2019	15.9
August 2019	15.4
September 2019	13
October 2019	9.1
November 2019	6
December 2019	5.9
January 2020	6.3
February 2020	5.8
March 2020	5.8
April 2020	8.5
May 2020	10.9
June 2020	13.4
July 2020	14.4
August 2020	14.7
September 2020	12.8
October 2020	9.5
November 2020	8.2
December 2020	4.9
January 2021	3.9
February 2021	6.2
March 2021	7.2
April 2021	5.6
May 2021	9.2
June 2021	13.7
July 2021	16.1
August 2021	14.7
September 2021	14.7
October 2021	11.9
November 2021	7.6
December 2021	6.5
January 2022	5.4
February 2022	6.7
March 2022	6.6
April 2022	7.6
May 2022	11.9
June 2022	13.6
July 2022	16.3
August 2022	15.9
September 2022	13
October 2022	12
November 2022	8.8
December 2022	4.4
January 2023	6
February 2023	7.2
March 2023	7
April 2023	8.7
May 2023	11.7
June 2023	15.3
July 2023	14.9
August 2023	15.4
September 2023	14.5
October 2023	11.3
November 2023	7.3
December 2023	7.5

Table 4: Met Éireann Monthly Mean Air Temperature for Dublin Airport 2000-2023

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Table 1A Monthly Excise Clearances of Autodiesel (Million litres) December 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	294	342	289	297	325	281	301	305	286

Table 2 Annual Excise Clearances 2000-2023						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
2023	3,594	1,010	1,096	918	3	359	24

Fuel Excise Clearances December 2023