# What share of India's liquefied petroleum gas goes to packed non-domestic cylinders and bulk users, and is it growing?

Canonical: https://senseible.earth/answers/india-lpg-sales-industry-commercial-share-2025-26

In 2025-26 the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) puts liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) sales at 33,169 thousand metric tonnes (TMT). Domestic use took 86.6%, packed non-domestic cylinders 9.0% (about 2,985 TMT, up from 8.6% of 31,328), bulk and private direct imports 4.2% and auto LPG 0.2%.

## The split in both years

- 2025-26 (33,169 TMT): domestic 86.6% (about 28,724 TMT), packed non-domestic cylinders 9.0% (2,985), bulk and private direct imports 4.2% (1,393), auto LPG 0.2% (66).
- 2024-25 (31,328 TMT): domestic 88.3% (about 27,663), packed non-domestic cylinders 8.6% (2,694), bulk and private direct imports 2.9% (909), auto LPG 0.2% (63).
- Each year's shares add to 100.0. Table 6.8 prints 33,170 for 2025-26, a rounding gap of one against the chart.

## What grew

The packed non-domestic slice grew from about 2,694 to 2,985 TMT, plus 10.8%, while the whole product grew 5.9%. The bulk and private direct imports slice grew from about 909 to 1,393, plus 53%. Together the two slices rose from 11.5% to 13.2% of sales. The Reckoner's marketing table also shows public sector bulk sales rising from 784 to 1,150 TMT.

The Reckoner's LPG text splits the 4.2% into bulk sales (3.5%) and private direct imports (0.8%), and calls the 9.0% the packed non-domestic segment. It does not say who buys the bulk gas, so this page does not add it to the industry share.

## What the Reckoner says LPG is for

Its end-use table (9.6) reads: domestic and auto fuel, and also for industrial application where technically essential. So a 19 kilogram commercial cylinder in a canteen or workshop sits in the non-domestic slice in our reading, which is not a PPAC statement.

## For your Scope 1 line

The national split does not change the factor. LPG is propane and butane, about 2.98 kilograms of carbon dioxide per kilogram burned, and your Scope 1 is your own kilograms. If one bill covers canteen and process, split by cylinder tags or an issue register.

## Arithmetic from the printed figures

- Packed non-domestic, 2025-26: 9.0% of 33,169 = 2,985 TMT; 2024-25: 8.6% of 31,328 = 2,694 TMT
- Growth: 2,985 / 2,694 = 1.108, plus 10.8%. Whole product: 33,170 / 31,328 = plus 5.9%
- Bulk and private direct imports: 4.2% of 33,169 = 1,393; 2.9% of 31,328 = 909; plus 53%
- Two slices together: 9.0 + 4.2 = 13.2%; 8.6 + 2.9 = 11.5%
- Check: 86.6 + 9.0 + 4.2 + 0.2 = 100.0

Tonnes come from whole-tenth percent shares, so each is good to about 20 TMT.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible reads fuel invoices and bills into records, so LPG kilograms from commercial cylinders or bulk gas are on file. It does not tell a canteen cylinder from a process one.

- [One 19 kg LPG cylinder in CO2](https://senseible.earth/answers/lpg-19-kg-cylinder-co2)
- [One LPG bill for canteen and process](https://senseible.earth/answers/one-lpg-bill-for-canteen-and-process)
- [Is Indian LPG propane or butane](https://senseible.earth/answers/indian-lpg-propane-butane-mix)
- [LPG or piped gas: lower CO2 per unit of heat](https://senseible.earth/answers/lpg-or-png-lower-co2-per-unit-of-heat)

Sources: [PPAC Ready Reckoner FY 2025-26, Tables 6.1, 6.8, 9.6, the LPG chapter text and marketing table, and the sector-wise LPG charts](https://ppac.gov.in/download.php?file=rep_studies/1784899305_The_PPAC_Ready_Reckoner_FY_2025%E2%80%9326_Final.pdf)

Last reviewed 2026-11-05. Figures are PPAC's for April to March 2025-26 and may be revised. The 2.98 kilograms of carbon dioxide per kilogram is the IPCC 2006 based working figure used on the live LPG pages.