The prices of fuels will not present variations for the week from May 21 to 27, 2022, according to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Mipymes (MICM).
According to him MICMthe government provided subsidies amounting to 1,215 million pesos to curb the increase in prices and thereby mitigate its impact on inflation in the local market.
Therefore, premium gasoline will continue to be available to the public at 293.60 pesos per gallon and gregular asolina maintains its price at 274.50 pesos per gallon.
Likewise, the gregular asoil remains at 221.60 per gallon, the goptimum asoil will follow dispatching at 241.10 pesos per gallon, thevtur at 298.91 pesos per gallon and the kerosene will remain at 338.10 pesos per gallon.
Also, the authorities announced that the fFuel oil #6 maintains its price at 192.11 pesos per gallon and fFuel oil 1%S will continue at 211.77 pesos per gallon.
In addition, the price of gas liquefied petroleum (LPG) will remain at 147.60 pesos per gallon and the gAs natural will continue to be 28.97 pesos per cubic meter.
The deputy minister of internal trade, Ramón Pérez Fermín, explained that the price of WTI oil averaged 110.56 dollars, for a significant increase of 5.0% in relation to the average of the previous week.
He indicated that the issues that affect the local market have not changed, the conflict in Ukraine has become uncertain and long-lasting. “Together with the humanitarian cost, the economic component reaches our country, in response to which the government is called to act,” he said.
He recalled that, if he did not intervene or assume the increases, LPG would have increased in price by almost 10 pesos per gallon, premium gasoline would have done so by practically 80 pesos per gallon, regular gasoline would have increased by more than 87 pesos per gallon. ; regular diesel almost 75 and optimum for about 80 pesos per gallon.
“Due to the effort, commitment and efficiency of the Government, none of this will materialize. The Government will assume 100 percent of the increases, at a cost of 1,215 million pesos, protecting the economy of households and the pockets of Dominicans,” added Pérez.
