02-09-08 Macao imported more energy in the second quarter of this year, according to the figures released by the city's Statistics and Census Service (DSEC).
The figures showed that the imports of gasoline amounted to 15.81 mm litres and the respective consumption totalled 15.62 mm litres, up by 15.9 % and 4.8 %, respectively, over the previous quarter. On account of the 10.9 % increase in the average price of gasoline imports, the local list price of unleaded gasoline went up by 12.5 % quarter-to-quarter.

Imports of gas oil and diesel also increased by 10.5 % from the previous quarter to 43.95 mm litres, but the consumption decreased by 3 % to 40.84 mm litres. The list prices of different types of gas oil and diesel went up by 17.2 % to 18.2 % quarter-to-quarter, due to a 6.9-% rise in the average price of imports, according to the DSEC.
Imports of electricity also rose by 5.4 % over the previous quarter to 526 mm kWh, the DSEC said. The consumption registered an increase of 31.6 %.

In addition, the respective imports and consumption of natural gas soared three-fold over the previous quarter, to 26.7 mm and 26.5 mm cm, respectively.
Meanwhile, imports of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) amounted to 9,096 tons and the consumption totalled 9,497 tons, down by 25.1 % and 19.2 % respectively over the previous quarter, according to the DSEC. The average price of LPG imports rose by 2.9 % quarter-to-quarter, with the list prices of bottled LPG and centralized LPG going up by 1.6 % and 1.5 % respectively.