The Ministry of Industry, Trade and SMEs (MICM) announced that for the week of 2 to 8 January 2021, the prices of general consumption fuels, except for optimal diesel, will remain unchanged .
Regular diesel will sell for 167.80 while the optimal diesel will sell for 179.80, for a slight increase of 1.30 per gallon. Liquefied Petroleum Gas will dispense 122.70 pesos per gallon, and natural gas maintains its price of 28.97 cubic meters.
In recent days, the reference crude of the United States, did not have considerable variation in relation to the previous week, which directly affects the local market.
Therefore, the MICM provided that, as of this Saturday, regular gasoline will sell at 203.90 and premium at 217.20.
Another fuel that kept its price was Avtur, which will sell for RD $ 128.40 per gallon.
However, they rose kerosene, to RD $ 153.50 per gallon, an increase of RD $ 0.50 per gallon; Fuel Oil # 6, which will sell for RD $ 112.10, RD $ 1.10 per gallon more, and Fuel Oil 1% at RD $ 125.80, an increase of RD $ 0.30 per gallon.
Also, this entity reported that the state assumed the cost vis-à-vis the importers, Which amounts to about RD $ 68 million pesos.
The information was shared by the Deputy Minister of Internal Trade, Ramón Pérez Fermín, who stressed that this rise was due to “instability in international markets, the season of a harsh winter and the uncertainty caused by health crisis. “
In addition Pérez Fermín stated that the last government left a debt accumulated with fuel importers of about RD $ 2,452,000 pesos.