Retail sales have been declining for the second month in a row. Compared to the record highs of July, sales in September fell by 10.4%. Compared to September last year, the decrease is 6.5%. In total, in January-September 2024, sales reached almost six billion litres.
According to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, the largest decrease in spills in September was in the Donetsk region (-19.6%). It is followed by the Ivano-Frankivsk (-10.8%) and Odesa (-10.0%) regions. Only the Sumy region experienced an increase in spills (+0.4%).
The Donetsk region also experienced the largest year-on-year decline (-35.9%), followed by the Chernivtsi region (-15.8%) and Zakarpattia (-12.4%). An increase in September 2024 compared to September last year was recorded in only two regions – the city of Kyiv (+2.7%) and the Chernihiv region (+0.3%).
The number of valid fuel retail licenses also decreased to 6,754, which is 40 fewer than a month ago.
