Private companies increase fuel imports during the six-year term

Despite the lack of new permits and restrictions that the government has imposed on the fuel import by private businessesare They managed to multiply the volume of product brought into the country.

According to historical data from Energy Information System (SIE) of the Secretary of Energy (Sener)between January and April 2018, the last year of the last administration, the companies imported an average of 9.2 thousand barrels of gasoline y 46.3 thousand barrels of diesel per day.

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However, companies such as ExxonMobil, Shell, Trafigura, Chevronamong others, that they still have import permits, have managed to maintain a part of the market. SIE statistics show that, in the same period of 2024, These companies imported 122.3 thousand barrels per day of gasolinewhich meant an increase of 1,233%, that is, the volume multiplied by 13.

In the same way, In the case of diesel, private companies imported 97.2 thousand barrels of diesel into Mexicowhich also represented an increase of 52.6%.

According to the last report Photography of the Gasoline Sector in Mexico from PetroIntelligencein Mexico operates 13,777 service stationsHowever, of these five thousand 146 gas stations sell fuel with a different brand than Pemexthat is, the one that arrives from import.

Importers have managed to resume their growth rate and compete for the domestic market, this after the effects of the health emergency due to covid-19, tax incentives additions that were imposed by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) and sanctions on permits by the authorities.

GAS LP

Since January 2016las private businesses of They have the permits necessary to be able import LP gashence They buy the molecule mainly in EUbringing it to the country by different means such as ship, rail, land transportation, and pipelines, which has allowed them to keep part of the market that Before, only Pemex supplied.

Between January and April, the companies they managed to introduce to the country an average of 117.7 thousand barrels per day of LP gasand represents an increase of 9.5% compared to the last year of the last administration.

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