The reference values that are those of the Gulf of Mexico in the US They marked a new drop in the price of gasoline, and also a decrease in the price of diesel, although not in the magnitude necessary to absorb the gap that it still maintains with respect to its value in the local market.
That report is one of the inputs used by the Executive Branch to define fuel prices in October.
The pump price projections, taking into account the PPI plus other variables incorporated by the Ministry of Industry and Energy, mark a price of $74.76 for a liter of Super gasoline. In other words, if the rule were followed, that product would have to drop $3.12 (4%) compared to current values.
For diesel 50 S the public price projection is $65.81 per liter, which indicates that this product should rise $0.81 (1.2) compared to the current rate, according to information accessed The Observer.
As happened last month, there is an alternative that the government could manage again in its menu of options: lower gasoline by less than $3 and use part of that margin to compensate and avoid raising diesel.
Another option is to follow what the rule says and increase the diesel in the proportion that the PPI says. Lacalle Pou will have the last word once the economic team analyzes the numbers. The Executive Branch will make a decision in the next few hours and will determine the rates that will govern from this Saturday, October 1.
