The deputy minister of Internal TradeRamón Pérez Fermín, reported this Friday that the government has allocated more than 466 million pesos to prevent “dramatic” increases in fuels.
He said that for the week of Saturday the 29th of october to Friday, November 4 of this year prices of the fuels will remain unchanged.
Pérez Fermín explained that at the cutoff this Wednesday, the international price of WTI had an average of 85.77 Dollarsmaintaining an accumulated annual increase of almost 19%.
“The global market it looks uncertain and ambiguous, with a marked volatility that consequently makes it difficult to predict,” he detailed.
He assured that with this extraordinary subsidy of 466 million pesos government stops increases from 24 pesos per gallon in the gasoline premium, up to 73 pesos per gallon in optimal diesel.
prices of fuels
For the week of October 29 to November 4, 2022, the Ministry of IndustryTrade and MSMEs provides that the fuels are sold at the following prices:
- Premium Gasoline It will be sold at RD$293.60 per gallon and maintains its price.
- Regular Gasoline RD$274.50 per gallon maintains its price.
- Regular Diesel RD$221.60 per gallon maintains its price.
- Optimum Diesel RD$241.10 per gallon maintains its price.
- Avtur RD$273.91 per gallon maintains its price.
- Kerosene RD$338.10 per gallon maintains its price.
- Fuel Oil #6 RD$192.11 per gallon keeps its price.
- Fuel Oil 1%S RD$211.77 per gallon maintains its price.
- Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) RD$147.60 per gallon maintains its price.
- Natural Gas RD$28.97 per m3 maintains its price. The exchange rate weekly average is RD$54.04 of the daily posts of central bank.
Until October 7, 2022, the government subsidized fuels for 31,155 million pesos, to avoid price increases. (FILE, ARCHIVE)
