The price is US$0.66 above the global average and is the highest in the region.
The price of gasoline in Uruguay is the highest in Latin America.
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Uruguay It is among the top 15 countries with the most expensive gasoline in the world and its price is 0.66 dollars above the global average, which places it as the most expensive in the region.
According to data from Global Petrol Prices, Uruguay It ranks 14th in a list of 154 countries, with an average price of $1,941 per liter. The ranking of states or regions with more than 300,000 inhabitants is led by Hong Kongwhere the average is $3,264.
In Latin America The average price of gasoline is $1.12 per liter, and the second country with the most expensive gasoline is Chiliwhere it costs 1.426 dollars per liter, that is, 0.515 cents less than in Uruguay.
The lowest price in the region is found in Venezuelawith 0.035 dollars per liter, which in turn is among the Top 3 of the cheapest countries in the world. The podium is completed by Libya with 0.031 dollars per liter and Iran with 0.029 dollars per liter.
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The Executive Branch froze the price of fuel for July
He Executive power announced that it will maintain the values naphthahe gasoil and the supergas frozen during July. The reason behind the decision to maintain the naphtha, he gasoil and the supergas frozen was in the “relative stability” of international prices that the Energy and Water Services Regulatory Unit (Ursea) uses as a reference.
In this way, the Super 95 gasoline will remain at 77.54 pesos per liter as the maximum retail price, while the Diesel 50S will remain at 52.42 pesos per liter, as reported by the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining (MIEM). For its part, the supergas will continue at 80.75 pesos per kilo, “significantly below the import parity,” the official statement added.
Source: Ambito
