After an increase of up to 24% in the price at the pumpsin the wake of the war in the Middle East, in March the sale of fuel to the public fell 1.83% compared to the same month last year and 3.09% compared to February, according to data from the Ministry of Energy.
But in that fall there was winners and losers. The state-owned YPF, which maintained lower prices despite the increases, managed to increase 1.03% in the year-on-year comparison. It is the company that sells the most, with a share of 55.4%.
Among the big three, Axion —third in the market, with 12.4%— managed to be better than the average, with a drop of 0.82% in the offices. AND Shell, which is second, with 22.9%, lost 3.75% of its sales in the year-on-year comparison. The second platoon fared worse: Puma fell 4.78%, Dapsa fell 10.9% and Gulf, 0,26%.
Despite the price increases since both diesel and super gasoline continue to represent the largest volume, premium versions gain space. In the case of gasoline it grew 2.69% year-on-year and diesel oil 6.43%, while super gasoline fell 4.1% and the cheapest diesel oil fell by 5.82%.
If you look at all fuel sales to the public, Super gasoline accounts for 42.1% of the marketfollowed by normal diesel, with 24.8%, premium diesel, with 17.3% and, finally, premium gasoline, with 15.4%.
The provinces with the most pronounced drops in fuel consumption were Tucumán (with a decrease of 18%), La Rioja (with a drop of 13%), Salta (12%), Corrientes (11.5%) and Misiones (10.2%).