The Deputy Minister of Internal Commerce of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and MSMEs (MICM), Ramón Pérez Fermín, reported Friday that the government of President Luis Abinader ordered a subsidy of RD $ 575.4 million, only for the week of January 25 to 31, 2025 , to maintain without variation the prices of five fuels of domestic use, with the purpose of mitigating the effects of variations in the international market and avoiding direct transfer to the final consumer.
The Deputy Minister of Internal Commerce, Ramón Pérez Fermín, explained that this extraordinary measure responds to the impact of geopolitical tensions and production cuts implemented by OPEC+, which continue to impact the global fuel market.
“Our government remains by monitoring minute by minute the trends of the international market and continues to display concrete measures, always under the principles of financial sustainability and transparency, to protect the family economy and the productive sectors before that global dynamic.” highlighted.
For the week of January 25 to 31, 2025, the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) will be subsidized by RD $ 32.65, the regular diesel for RD $ 32.23; The optimal diesel for RD $ 31.02; Regular gasoline for RD $ 14.49; and premium gasoline for RD $ 4.22.
Fuel prices
The extraordinary subsidized for this week, allows the commercialization of fuels with the following prices for the indicated period:
Premium gasoline will be sold at RD $ 290.10 per gallon; maintains its price.
Regular gasoline, RD $ 272.50 per gallon; maintains its price.
Regular diesel, RD $ 221.60 per gallon; maintains its price.
Optimal diesel, RD $ 239.10 per gallon; maintains its price.
Avurt, RD $ 214.00 per gallon; RD $ 4.18.
Kerosene, RD $ 245.70 per gallon; RD $ 4.40.
Fueloil #6, RD $ 169.31 per gallon; RD $ 1.37.
Fueloil 1%S, RD $ 183.89 per gallon; RD $ 0.40.
Liquefied oil gas (LPG), RD $ 132.60 per gallon; maintains its price.
Natural gas, RD $ 43.97 per m3; maintains its price.
The weekly average exchange rate is RD $ 61.64, of the daily publications of the Central Bank.
