Supply and demand

Mexico consumes more gasoline and ethanol than it can produce. Therefore, imports are needed.

The figure below shows the production of gasoline by Pemex since 2010. Production of total gasoline grew by 16% (to a total of 15,723 million liters) during 2022, compared to 2021. The production profile in 2023 shows that regular gasoline (with an anti-knock index (AKI) of 87) made up approximately 98% of the share of production, with premium gasoline (AKI 91) at 2%.

Production of regular gasoline with 30 mg/kg of sulfur started in 2009 and increased to gradually replace regular gasoline with 1,000 mg/kg of sulfur.

* Includes: light naphtha, aviation gasoline 100-130, catalytic heavy naphtha, colorless gasoline and solvent