All gas stations are obliged to respect and follow certain rules established by the Secretary of Consumer Defense (Sedeco), such as the types of diesel and colors, so that the user knows perfectly the characteristics of the product.
“We have many active summaries to service stations due to the price sign, because they are not adapting to what Sedeco requires in terms of colors and technical names,” commented Minister Juan Marcelo Estigarribia, in an interview with Npy.
As an example, he cited some companies call a certain type of fuel 95 naphtha, but it ends up being a 90 octane, with 5 alcohol additive.
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“They raise to 95, but With the heat and volatility that alcohol has, that lowers the octane number and then, you are not loading what you think”he commented.
Posters must use the red for 85 gasoline, yellow for 90, blue for 95 and green for 97.
On April 11, the last price monitoring was carried out and a drop in the benefit of the consumer’s pocket was verified. Sedeco cannot regulate or control prices, however, it is in charge of verifying and publishing them.
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