Total petroleum product sales in Pakistan fell to 1.359 million tonnes in the month of April, marking a six percent decline compared to the previous month’s recorded volumes.
On a year-on-year basis, overall petroleum sales also declined by seven percent, while petrol sales specifically recorded an eight percent drop during the same period.
Furnace oil sales recorded the steepest monthly decline, falling sixty-six percent compared to March, with only 137,000 tonnes sold across the country in April.
In the first ten months of the current financial year, the cumulative petroleum product sales in Pakistan reached a total of 13.758 million tonnes nationwide.
Fuel Tax Burden
Pakistanis now pay over Rs150 in taxes per litre of petrol, as the official breakdown shows rising levies significantly inflating retail fuel prices nationwide.
Last Friday, Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif approved increases of Rs19.39 per litre for diesel and Rs6.51 for petrol, pushing prices close to Rs400 per litre for both fuels.
Petrol consumers are paying Rs153.55 per litre in combined taxes, levies, and margins, with the petroleum levy alone contributing more than Rs103 per litre to total costs.
Additional charges include Rs23.72 per litre in customs duty, Rs2.50 in climate levy, freight costs, company profits, and dealer commissions, all further raising the final petrol price.
Diesel users pay about Rs116.46 per litre in taxes and margins, including customs duty, petroleum levy, climate charges, freight, company profits, and dealer commissions combined.
Taxes account for roughly 32 percent of petrol prices and 21 percent of diesel, underscoring the heavy burden on consumers, the transport sector, and industrial activity.
