The increases were between $10 and $ 14 per literwhich resulted in a variation average of the 1%. In the next few days it is expected that the rest of the companies in the sector Accompany this measure With similar updates.
Increase in fuels: what are the new prices of gasoline and diesel
As detailed, the new prices in the service stations of the Buenos Aires City They were established as follows:
Previous increases in fuels
At the beginning of May, YPF had announced a decline in 4% Average in fuel prices, driven by the fall in international crude values. However, by the middle of that same month, the state oil company arranged a slight increase from among 0.2% and 0.46% To absorb a rise in the price of biofuelsalso arranged by the government.
The new decision to increase the price was known after the Executive resolved partially postponing the update of the Liquid fuel taxes (ICL) and al Carbon dioxide (IDC). Finally, he only applied a rise in 1%what according to the projections of the consultant Economy and energyimplied a fiscal cost higher than U $ s200 million per month.
In March, the government had already completed the pending adjustment corresponding to the last 2023 quarterbut they are still applying the updates of the four quarters of 2024 and the first of 2025.
Fuel sales to the public came up again
In April 2025, the fuel office at the national level reached 1,323,216 cubic meters between gasoline and dieselwhich represented an increase in 2.1% compared to the same month of the previous year. It was the second consecutive month of growth, after fifteen periods followed by falls.
However, compared to March, a decrease in the 6%according to a report prepared by the consultant Politikon Chacowhich processed official data from the sector.
Of the total sold, the 57% corresponded to gasoline and the 43% to diesel. Within the gasoline segment, the category was highlighted Premiumwhich registered an interannual rise in 19.8%. The Super gasolineon the other hand, showed a more modest increase in 0.7%although it meant a reversal of the negative trend that had lasted five months.
In contrast, the diesel exhibited an interannual setback from 1.6%. However, the Premium diesel A managed to grow 11.3%while the common descended a 8.1%.
YPF leads sales again
As for market share, YPF led again with a fee of the 55.4% and an interannual growth of 3.4%. Second was located Shellwith him 24.4% of the total marketed and a rise of 7.7%. Axionfor his part, explained the 12.5% of the total sales and showed an advance of the 5.5%.
Puma Energy He also stood out with a participation of the 6.1% and a growth of 13.1% compared to April of the previous year. On the other hand, Gulf fuelswhich represents the 1.6% of the market, suffered an interannual fall of the 1.2%.
This new pricing and consumption panorama reflected the combined effects of tax settings and unequal evolution in the behavior of different types of fuels, in a context of constant macroeconomic variations.
Source: Ambito
