Gasoline consumption management in Iran has reached a negative growth of 2 percent due to pricing and non-pricing measures. According to the latest statistical data, the annual growth of gasoline consumption, which had increased in previous years due to factors such as the continuous entry of new cars and the slow exit of old vehicles, reached zero in the year 1405. In November of this year, the country's fuel consumption balance entered a decreasing phase with a recorded negative rate of 2 percent for the first time since the pandemic.
Gasoline Consumption Management Measures
In recent years, the imbalance between the production and consumption of petroleum products, especially gasoline, has become one of the main challenges in the energy sector. Therefore, the government and the Ministry of Oil implemented a series of pricing and non-pricing measures to control this level of demand. The adjustment of the third gasoline rate and a reduction of 11 million liters in gasoline consumption were among these measures.
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The first action in consumption management was the phased adjustment of the third gasoline rate. This pricing tool began in the first step from Azar 1404 with the change of the free gasoline rate from 3,000 tomans to 5,000 tomans, and subsequently, the third gasoline rate was changed from 5,000 tomans to 10,000 tomans on 17 Shahrivar of this year. These adjustments led to an immediate reduction in the country's fuel consumption to 133 million liters per day and resulted in a total saving of over 160 million liters of gasoline within 15 days.
Revival of CNG Consumption and Fuel Distribution Organization
Following these changes, the economic advantage of using clean CNG fuel was revived for consumers. Statistics show that daily CNG consumption increased by 15 percent, equivalent to 2 million cubic meters per day, after these adjustments. Currently, more than 2,500 CNG supply stations are active in the country, and access to this fuel in less privileged areas has also improved.
The government is also working to organize fuel distribution in border provinces and increase monitoring of fuel consumption by eliminating emergency cards and depositing quotas into smart cards. This plan began in August in Kerman province and has been expanded to other provinces as well.
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