Table 41. No. 2 Diesel Fuel Prices by Sulfur Content, Sales Type, and PAD District (Cents per Gallon Excluding Taxes) ________________________________________________________________________________ | | Low-Sulfur Diesel Fuel |___________________________________________________________ | | Geographic Area | Sales to End Users | Month |____________________________________________________| Sales | | | | | | for | Commercial/ |Industrial| Through | Other | |Resale |Institutional| Consumers| Retail | End |Average| | Consumers | |Outlets(1)|Users(2)| | ____________________|_____________|__________|__________|________|_______|______ United States March 1998.... 53.3 57.3 61.5 61.9 58.5 47.5 February 1998. 55.6 59.5 63.5 63.3 60.5 49.9 March 1997.... 69.1 74.8 76.3 77.2 73.8 64.0 PAD District I March 1998.... 54.1 57.4 62.4 57.2 58.1 47.0 February 1998. 56.3 59.9 64.8 58.4 60.3 49.6 March 1997.... 66.5 72.9 75.2 68.9 70.7 60.4 Subdistrict IA March 1998.... 61.0 76.0 71.3 NA 65.3 50.2 February 1998. 64.0 81.7 74.8 NA 68.6 52.7 March 1997.... 71.2 82.8 87.0 NA 76.9 62.1 Subdistrict IB March 1998.... 54.3 61.9 63.5 63.5 58.9 47.4 February 1998. 57.2 64.7 65.5 64.1 61.3 49.9 March 1997.... 66.5 76.0 75.5 70.2 71.0 60.5 Subdistrict IC March 1998.... 52.4 53.2 60.6 54.1 56.3 46.0 February 1998. 53.8 55.2 63.2 55.7 58.2 48.7 March 1997.... 65.3 69.0 73.5 68.3 69.3 59.9 PAD District II March 1998.... 52.4 57.6 61.0 65.7 58.9 47.6 February 1998. 54.2 59.8 62.4 66.5 60.4 49.5 March 1997.... 67.3 74.3 74.8 78.5 73.1 63.0 PAD District III March 1998.... 52.0 55.1 57.8 58.7 56.5 46.5 February 1998. 53.6 56.3 60.3 59.8 58.4 49.0 March 1997.... 64.1 69.7 72.2 70.3 69.5 59.1 PAD District IV March 1998.... 60.1 63.0 65.8 68.1 64.4 53.6 February 1998. NA 65.9 65.7 70.3 65.7 54.2 March 1997.... 79.6 83.5 86.2 87.7 84.5 74.0 PAD District V March 1998.... 52.0 56.9 66.5 59.1 58.0 47.9 February 1998. 55.8 60.0 70.8 63.6 62.0 51.0 March 1997.... 79.6 80.1 88.9 83.9 82.9 74.5 ________________________________________________________________________________ See footnotes at end of table. Table 41. No. 2 Diesel Fuel Prices by Sulfur Content, Sales Type, and PAD District (Cents per Gallon Excluding Taxes) - Continued _____________________________________________________________________ | | High-Sulfur Diesel Fuel |________________________________________________ | | Geographic Area | Sales to End Users | Month |_________________________________________| Sales | | | | | for | Commercial/ |Industrial| Other | |Resale |Institutional| Consumers| End |Average| | Consumers | |Users(2)| | ____________________|_____________|__________|________|_______|______ United States March 1998.... 52.6 58.2 62.0 56.3 45.1 February 1998. 55.4 61.1 63.5 58.9 47.9 March 1997.... 66.8 71.7 77.1 70.7 60.8 PAD District I March 1998.... 58.0 61.0 65.8 60.5 45.6 February 1998. 59.4 64.6 67.0 62.4 47.8 March 1997.... 69.1 71.3 77.9 71.7 57.6 Subdistrict IA March 1998.... 56.2 73.9 76.9 58.9 46.2 February 1998. NA 75.7 77.2 NA 48.9 March 1997.... NA 95.1 84.3 NA 57.8 Subdistrict IB March 1998.... 57.1 60.7 68.5 59.7 45.0 February 1998. 59.0 63.4 69.2 61.5 46.6 March 1997.... 67.1 72.8 82.6 70.4 57.0 Subdistrict IC March 1998.... 58.5 60.8 65.1 60.8 45.6 February 1998. 59.4 64.7 66.5 62.7 48.4 March 1997.... 69.8 70.9 77.3 72.0 57.8 PAD District II March 1998.... 51.0 59.5 63.0 56.1 48.0 February 1998. 52.4 62.1 62.8 57.3 50.2 March 1997.... 63.8 73.7 77.5 69.8 61.9 PAD District III March 1998.... 46.3 54.1 57.4 50.6 43.4 February 1998. 50.5 56.3 60.8 54.5 46.1 March 1997.... 61.0 65.9 72.2 65.5 55.1 PAD District IV March 1998.... 54.3 65.1 66.2 57.9 53.3 February 1998. 54.1 67.0 66.7 58.8 53.3 March 1997.... 71.7 87.2 88.2 76.6 77.3 PAD District V March 1998.... 54.6 52.1 58.8 56.0 44.9 February 1998. 62.4 57.2 61.1 62.0 49.2 March 1997.... 73.1 77.6 81.5 76.8 70.9 _____________________________________________________________________ NA = Not available. 1 Includes low-sulfur diesel fuel only with the exception of Alaska, which currently is exempt from the Clean Air Act's diesel fuel sulfur content requirement. 2 All end-user sales not included in the other end-user categories shown, e.g., sales to agricultural customers or utilities. Notes: Some State data are not sufficient for publication individually, but are used in calculating the PAD District average. Notes: Values shown for the current month are preliminary. Values shown for previous months are revised. Data are final upon publication in the Petroleum Marketing Annual. Sources: Energy Information Administration Forms EIA-782A, "Refiners'/Gas Plant Operators' Monthly Petroleum Product Sales Report," and EIA-782B, "Resellers'/Retailers' Monthly Petroleum Product Sales Report."