The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Mipymes (MICM) announced today that the week of February 26 to March 4 the price of the fuels they stay frozen.
Ramon Perez Fermindeputy minister of MICMstated that the government allocated RD$540 million to contain the increases that would be around RD$30.00. The average dollar rate weighted by the Central Bank (Central Bank) it was RD$57.14. The decision is adopted less than 48 hours before the rendering of accounts that will be offered to the country by the President Luis Abinader on February 27.
In that sense, the Premium Gasoline will remain at RD$287.60 and the Regular Gasoline continues at RD$270.50.
Meanwhile, the Regular Diesel will continue at RD$217.60 and the Optimum Diesel will continue at RD$236.10 per gallon.
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However the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) remains at RD$147.60 per gallon and the Natural gas maintains its price at RD$28.97 per m3.
He too Avtur remains in RD$198.98; kerosene RD$227.60; fuel oil RD$162.95 per gallon and the Fuel Oil 1% in RD$180.29.
With this provision, the Government maintains for the third consecutive week the guarantee that there will be no major increases in the price of fuel, despite the high cost of oil at the international level.
Ito Bisono
Earlier, the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Mipymes (MICM), Victor “Ito” Bisonosaid today that the increase in fuel price It affects everyone without exception.
“The increase in fuels worries you, me and everyone”indicated Ito Bisono through your account at Twitter.
He continues saying in the same tweet that the president’s management Louis Abinader is concerned with combating rise of the fuels with transparency.
“That is why from the government of President @luisabinader, with transparency, we are making efforts that have never been made before to combat international increases,” he said.
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On his side, the Vice Minister of Internal Trade, Ramon Perez Fermin (Monchy)endorsed the tweet of ito Rookie describing the work that MICM makes.
“I have had the opportunity to see how the minister @itobisono He works tirelessly, without a day off. To reactivate the national economy and to avoid a greater impact for the country of the situations that arise from the international economic crisis, ”he tweeted.