Information from the Statistics and Census Service shows that in the second quarter of 2006, the available amount of Electricity and Gasoline (unleaded) surged by 11.1% and 5.0% respectively, whereas Gas oil & diesel and Fuel oil fell 24.7% and 11.7% respectively year-on-year. Nevertheless, the available amount of Electricity and Gas oil & diesel rose markedly by 44.1% and 9.8% respectively over the first quarter of 2006, whilst Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and Fuel oil dropped by 14.8% and 3.4% respectively. In comparison with the second quarter of 2005, consumption of Electricity and LPG rose by 14.5% and 6.4% respectively, whereas Fuel oil and Gas oil & diesel dropped 9.1% and 4.3% respectively. Compared with the first quarter of 2006, consumption of Electricity and Gas oil & diesel rose by 49.9% and 27.3% respectively, whereas LPG and Fuel oil registered decreases of 14.2% and 2.7% respectively. With respect to the import quantity of fuels in the second quarter of 2006, Common kerosene (kerosene for illumination) grew 26.7% and Aviation kerosene was up 18.2% year-on-year, while Gas oil & diesel registered the most decrease of 28.4%. In comparison with the first quarter of 2006, import quantity of Gas oil & diesel and Common kerosene (kerosene for illumination) grew by 18.8% and 17.5% respectively, while LPG and Fuel oil shrank by 22.9% and 3.7%. In the second quarter of 2006, the total import value of liquid and gas fuels reached MOP841 million, up 15.6% year-on-year and 8.3% over the first quarter of 2006. At the end of the second quarter of 2006, the list prices of all fuels went up compared with the end of the second quarter of 2005, among which those of Fuel oil and Common kerosene (kerosene for illumination) rose markedly by 26.8% and 25.3% respectively. Compared with the end of the first quarter of 2006, the list prices of Fuel oil and Common kerosene (kerosene for illumination) rose 12.4% and 11.2% respectively.
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