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Table 6. AAGR of final energy consumption by sector in Mexico.
Source: Own elaboration with data from SENER (2010a).
Sectors with the lowest consumption level are: agriculture, which grew at an AAGR of
2.6% and increased its share from 2.2% in the year 1990 to 2.4% by 2008; the commercial
sector, which grew at an AAGR of 2.8% and increased its share from 2.0% to 2.1% over
the same period; and lastly, public services, whose consumption has stabilized and
remained in nearly 0.5% of the total, with an AAGR of 2.5%.
Finally, it is worth mentioning that non-energy use has been decreasing from 8.8% in the
year 1990 to 4.8% by 2008 —due to the stagnation of the petrochemical industry— which
in turn led to a decreased AAGR of 0.9%.
Figure 11 illustrates the fuel consumption by end-use energy sectors. It can be noticed that
oil products accounted for the biggest share (60%) between the years 1990 and 2008 and
grew at an AAGR of 2.4% over the same period. Natural gas is the second preferred fuel
choice and its contribution remained almost steady during the same period (20.3% in 1990
and 19.6% in the year 2008), with an AAGR of 2.2%. On the other hand, electricity is the
third most used fuel and increased its participation from 9.4% in the year 1990 to 12.4% by
2008, with a high AAGR of 3.9%. Carbon coke and coal were the least consumed fossil
fuels, since together they accounted for 1.8% over the analyzed period, with an AAGR of
2.9%. Finally, the consumption of renewable energies, i.e. the traditional use of firewood
in the residential sector as well as the sugar cane bagasse used to fire boilers in the sugar
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