In addition, the Government increased the subsidy to the ACPM by $197, which will cost the Nation $387 billion.
After the start of the new year, the Government announced that the price of gasoline will increase by $91, leaving it at $16,085 in Bogotá and an average of $15,685 in the main cities of the country. while the ACPM rises $169, reaching $10,725 per gallon for the capital and 10,423 in other areas of the territory.
“To partially mitigate the impact of these changes on the price to the final consumer, the National Government will reduce the Income to the Fossil Fuel Producer by $179 to $5,347. That is, the National Government will increase the level of the ACPM subsidy, incurring a fiscal cost of $387 billion pesos,” says the Government.
This is how the price of gasoline would be in the main cities, with the highest values in Bogotá and Medellín:
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Prices for 2025
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While the new ACPM costs are the following, registering the highest in Villavicencio and Pereira:
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Likewise, he explains that the increase is due to technical issues such as“the biodiesel mix will increase from 8% to 10%, after a temporary decrease in the last quarter of 2024, which occurred due to biofuel supply problems. This adjustment generates pressure on the sales price, since biodiesel is priced at $21,572, a value significantly higher than that of fossil IP which is $5,526.”
It must be remembered that in 2024, the Government subsidized, through the FEPC, $4,615 for each gallon of ACPM, which generated a cost for the Nation of approximately $10.6 billion.
Source: Integrated Information System
