The government, through Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining (MIEM), announced that the fuel prices will rise in all their rates during the month of March, a decision based on maintaining the company’s finances Ancaphit by the stoppage of the La Teja refinery.
Gasoline and diesel will increase one peso in the public sale price, while supergas – which has not registered increases since last October – will increase by 4 pesos, reported the MIEM minister, Elisa Facio.
Facio recalled that “on many occasions we have had the possibility of absorbing small international increases, but in this case, to have peace of mind that there is no financial mismatch Ancap“With the refinery shutdown, we feel calmer about this increase,” Telemundo reported.
The head of the MIEM stressed that the government’s decision was to cushion the increase that the fuels If taken on the basis of Import Parity Price (PPI) that elaborate the Ursea. “If international prices were taken as a basis, it should have been more than 2 pesos for gasoline and much more for supergas.” “This adjustment is minimal,” she stressed.
How are fuel prices for the month of March?
With the increase ordered by the Executive for the month of March for all types of fuels that markets Ancap to the public, the rates were as follows:
- Super 95 gasoline: 76.54 pesos per liter
- Premium 97 Gasoline: 79.08 pesos per liter
- Diesel 50S: 54.89 pesos per liter
- 10S diesel: 62.10 pesos per liter
Regarding supergas, the value of a kilo will rise 4 pesos from the current 76.75 pesos to 80.75 pesos starting in March. Refilling a 13 kilo bottle will cost 1,050 pesos.
Source: Ambito
