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Production

  • LPG production of refinery license holders increased by 17,98% with respect to previous year’s production and reached to 1.081.577 tons in 2019.

Import

  • 103.979 tons of LPG was imported by refinery, distribution and processing (petrochemical) license holders in 2019, representing 6,11% decrease with respect to LPG import in 2018.
  • In 2019, LPG was imported from 20 different countries/regions. In the order of highest import amount; Algeria, the USA, Kazakhstan, Norway and Russia represented the top 5 import countries.

Export

  • 225 tons of LPG was exported by refinery and distribution license holders in 2019, representing 8,92% decrease with respect to LPG export in 2018.
  • In 2019, LPG was exported to 11 different countries/regions. In the order of highest export amount Switzerland, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Lebanon, Greece and Egypt represented the top 5 export countries.

Domestic LPG Sales

  • 643 tons of bottled LPG, 112.994 tons of bulk LPG and 3.354.429 tons of autogas LPG, and 4.177.612 tons of LPG in total were sold in 2019.
  • If LPG sales in 2019 are compared to LPG sales in the previous year; bottled LPG sale decreased by 2,88%, bulk LPG sale decreased by 16,33% and autogas sale increased by 2,17%. Accordingly, total LPG sales increased by 0,75%.
  • In 2019, bottled LPG had 17,44% market share, bulk LPG had 2,26% market share and autogas had 80,30% market share.
  • 990 tons of standardized LPG was sold by distribution license holders in 2019.

Source: Energy Market Regulatory Authority of Turkey – Turkish Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) Market Report 2019
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