Information from the Statistics and Census Service shows that in the first quarter of 2006, the available amount of Gasoline (unleaded) and Electricity surged by 16.7% and 9.4% respectively, whereas Gas oil & diesel and Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) fell 0.8% and 0.2% respectively year-on-year. Nevertheless, the available amount of Gas oil & diesel and Electricity dropped by 13.6% and 13.4% respectively over the fourth quarter of 2005, whilst LPG recorded the only increase of 12.0%. In comparison with the first quarter of 2005, consumption of Gas oil & diesel and Gasoline (unleaded) rose by 10.9% and 8.1% respectively, whereas LPG registered the only drop of 0.9%. Compared with the fourth quarter of 2005, consumption of LPG recorded the only increase of 8.1%, whereas Gas oil & diesel and Electricity registered decreases of 18.0% and 13.5% respectively. With respect to the import quantity of fuels in the first quarter of 2006, Aviation kerosene grew 15.8% and Gasoline (unleaded) was up 12.8% respectively year-on-year, while Common kerosene (kerosene for illumination) registered the only decrease of 13.1%. In comparison with the fourth quarter of 2005, import quantity of LPG and Common kerosene (kerosene for illumination) grew by 13.2% and 3.5% respectively, while Gas oil & diesel and Gasoline (unleaded) shrank by 28.4% and 6.6%. In the first quarter of 2006, the total import value of liquid and gas fuels reached the amount of MOP777 million, representing an increase of 52.8% year-on-year and a decrease of 9.0% over the fourth quarter of 2005. At the end of the first quarter of 2006, the list prices of all fuels went up compared with the end of the first quarter of 2005, among which those of Fuel oil and bottled LPG (per kg) increased 17.3%. Compared with the end of the fourth quarter of 2005, the list prices of all fuels were higher, among which those of Gas oil & diesel for automotive use grew the most, up 5.4%.
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