Egypt’s diesel output fell by 5.96% year-on-year (YOY) in October 2018 recording 552,000, down from 587,000 tons in October 2017, Egypt Oil & Gas reports.

Statistics published by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) revealed that the country’s diesel consumption decreased 4.82% in October 2018 reaching 1.145 million tons, compared to 1.203 million tons in the same month of the previous year.

Monthly figures show that diesel consumption grew by 5.24% from the 1.088 million tons consumed during September 2018, while production rate stayed the same in the two months.