Tuesday, 24 August 2021 13:19

Gasoline prices show a drop for the next few days

Written by Evelyn Alas

The Ministerio de Economía (MINEC) informed about the new variations of fuels that present a drop in their prices and will be in effect from august 24 to september 6, 2021.

For the next few days superior gasoline will decrease US$0.04/gallon in the central and western zones of the country, in the eastern zone it will decrease US$0.05/gallon, as for regular gasoline it will decrease US$0.02/gallon in the three zones of the country and low sulfur diesel will decrease US$0.04/gallon in the three zones of the country.

Compared to the reference prices of the previous period, the following variations are registered in oil derivatives: -1.01% in premium gasoline, -0.53% in regular gasoline and -1.25% in low sulfur diesel.

The cost of gasoline in the Central zone will be:

Premium gasoline will be priced at US$3.94 with a variation of -US$0.04.

Regular gasoline will have a price of US$3.76 with a variation of -US$0.002.

Low sulfur diesel will be priced at US$3.17 with a variation of -US$0.04.

In the western zone:

Premium gasoline will be priced at US$3.95 with a variation of -US$0.04.

Regular gasoline will have a price of US$3.77 with a variation of -US$0.002.

Low sulfur diesel will be priced at US$3.18 with a variation of -US$0.04.

In the eastern zone:

Premium gasoline will be priced at US$3.98 with a variation of -US$0.05.

Regular gasoline will have a price of US$3.80 with a variation of -US$0.002.

Low sulfur diesel will have a price of US$3.21 with a variation of -US$0.04.

The prices published by the Ministry of Economy are suggested and are established by the service stations, according to supply and demand.