In January-March 2020, the Wexler Group retained its leading position in terms of diesel imports, placing 130.2 thousand in the domestic market. t. This was reported in Consulting Group A-95, citing data from their own research.
Approximately half of the first quarter of 2020 deliveries are 62,000. t – Wexler Group realized through the PrykarpatZapadtrans pipeline, of which about 11 thousand t is Belarusian fuel from Mozyr Oil Refinery. Through the pipeline terminal in Gomel (Belarus), the company has marketed approximately 60 thousand. t and another 8 thousand t with the refinery of JSC Naftan.
OKKO took the second place with a volume of 119 thousand. t. OKKO became the largest importer of Belarusian fuel, delivering more than 50 thousand. t. Another 43 thousand t had to the Russian resource, which the company supplied mainly through the terminal in Gomel. About 17 thousand t was shipped from Lithuania and 9 thousand t imported by sea.
The top three major importers are the Grand Pri Oil company, which supplies and wholesale the DT production of Lukoil. As a result of the first quarter, it imported 117.6 thousand. t, which is 2.5 times higher than the volume of deliveries of the same period in 2019 (46 thousand tons).
Top 10 largest importers of DT in I quarter of 2020, th. t:
| Importer | І quarter 2020 | Chan. to І quarter 2019 |
| Wexler | 130,2 | -33% |
| OKKO | 119,0 | -18% |
| Grand Pri Oil | 117,6 | 154% |
| WOG | 94,4 | -20% |
| Glusco | 66,4 | 61% |
| Alliance Energo Trade | 65,4 | 48% |
| UPG | 59,4 | -36% |
| Alliance Oil Ukraine | 53,1 | 118% |
| Unimex | 52,0 | 14% |
| Private | 42,8 | 2041% |
| Other | 395,6 | -17% |
| Total | 1196,1 | -3% |
According to the results of the first quarter, WOG Group imported 94 thousand tons, of which two thirds – 61 thousand tons – from Lithuania. WOG remains the largest importer of Lithuanian diesel fuel: in the first three months of 2020, the company accounted for more than 35% of all supplies from the Mazeikiai Refinery. Another 22 thousand tons were imported from Belarus, 10 thousand tons by sea. In the first quarter, the company did not import Russian resources.
The five largest importers were closed by Glusko Ukraine with 66 thousand tons. The main part was delivered through the pipeline terminal in Gomel. The company is one of the largest importers of diesel fuel to Ukraine through this channel.
In the first quarter, the wholesale trader Alliance Energo Trade increased its supplies by almost 50%, to 65.4 thousand tons. More than half of this volume, 37 thousand tons, was imported through ports.
According to enkorr, the remainder of diesel fuel in the first quarter of 2020 amounted to 1.387 million tons, which is 1.5% less than in the same period in 2019 (1.408 million tons). This is the first case of a quarterly decline in the market balance since 2015.
