The Vice Minister of Domestic Trade, Ramón Pérez Fermín, announced this Friday that the government will continue to apply extraordinary subsidies to four fuels to prevent international increases from directly affecting consumers.
“This measure will represent a approximate cost of 159 million pesos for the State during the week (from September 7 to 13), with the aim of maintaining stability in fuel prices,” said the official.
The specific subsidies for this week are: 9.78 pesos per gallon for regular diesel, 3.93 per gallon for premium diesel, 2.92 per gallon for gasoline regular and 14.48 pesos per gallon for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).
For the week of September 7-13, 2024
The Ministry of Industry, Commerce and MSMEs (MICM) has ordered that fuels are marketed at the following prices:
- Gasoline Premium: 290.10 pesos per gallon (no variation)
- Regular Gasoline: 272.50 pesos per gallon (unchanged)
- Regular Gasoline: 221.60 pesos per gallon (no change)
- Optimal Diesel: 239.10 pesos per gallon (unchanged)
- Avtur: 185.90 pesos per gallon (down 2.04 pesos)
- Kerosene: 214.50 pesos per gallon (down 2.20 pesos)
- Fuel Oil #6: 152.50 pesos per gallon (down 4.31 pesos)
- 1%S Oil Fuel: 169.15 pesos per gallon (down 2.63 pesos)
- Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG): 132.60 pesos per gallon (no variation)
- Natural Gas: 43.97 pesos per cubic meter (no change)
The exchange rate The weekly average is 59.88 pesos, according to publications by the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD), MICM cited.
