PETROL sales slumped by 10% in the first half of this year compared to four years earlier as drivers were hit by high prices and economic uncertainty, the AA has claimed.
Between January and June 2008, retail sales of petrol and diesel reached 18.97 billion litres.
In the first half of this year, retailers sold 8.7bn litres of petrol and 8bn litres of diesel – a total of 16.7bn litres, according to Government figures highlighted by the motoring organisation.
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