Petrol, diesel gross sales rise on easing curbs

Petrol and diesel gross sales rose month-on-month in June as an growing variety of states relaxed Covid-related journey curbs, in accordance with gross sales information of main state-owned oil advertising and marketing firms.
Diesel consumption in June rose 9.5 per cent to five,357 thousand metric tonnes (tmt), whereas petrol gross sales rose 18.2 per cent to 2,120 tmt in June over final month.
Diesel gross sales have been down 1.8 per cent in comparison with June 2020 which was additionally impacted by Covid-19 associated restrictions, whereas petrol gross sales rose 5.7 per cent, in comparison with year-ago interval. Sales of each fuels have been decrease than June 2019.
Auto wholesales shift gears
Mumbai: Wholesale auto despatches noticed a pointy bounce throughout segments in June in comparison with the identical month final yr in addition to the previous months. However, barring Maruti Suzuki, the despatches are nonetheless decrease than what it was in June, 2019 for all different producers.
The motive for the sharp turnaround in June this yr is as a result of dealerships and crops reopened.
Maruti Suzuki, which reported gross sales of 1.26 lakh items within the home market, inched nearer to its despatches of 1.3-1.5 lakh items throughout regular occasions. Hyundai Motor India offered 40,496 items throughout June, a 90 per cent achieve over June of final yr, however 4 per cent fall from 2019 ranges. Tata Motors witnessed a year-on-year improve of 125 per cent in June gross sales volumes to 43,704 items on the again of excellent gross sales in each passenger and business autos, however the wholesale despatches declined almost 11 per cent, as towards June 2019. —FE