Nigeria’s fuel import reliance jumps to 69% in June

Over sixty-nine percent of total petrol consumed in Nigeria in the month of June, 2025 was imported, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has revealed.

 

According to the NMDPRA July report presented to Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), Nigeria consumed a total of 1.478billion litres in the period. Of this total, only 455,188,512 litres was sourced from local refineries, leaving 1.023,128,233 to importation.

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The 1.478 billion litres of petrol consumed in June is a 16.42 percent decrease from 1.768 billion litres supplied in May.

Also, the total truck-out in June was 1,440,768,129 litres, lower than 1,678, 433,559 litres recorded in May.

The report also indicated that the average daily petrol supply for the month was 49.277 million litres, of which 34.104 million litres was imported and 15.172 million sourced from local refineries.

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The total daily average is 13.65 percent lower than 57, 058, 478 record in May.

The total Automotive Gas Oil (diesel) consumed for the month was 432,180, 605 litres. This is 1.73 percent higher than 424,829, 199 consumed in the month of May.

Of the total 432,180, 605 litres consumed in June, 378,130,852 was imported while 58,049,753 was from local refineries. Similarly, the average daily supply was 14,406,020 litres, of which 12,604,372 was imported and 1,801, 658 was locally sourced.