The price of gasoline in the Azores falls 15.4 cents per liter this Thursday and the price of diesel falls 14.3 cents per liter, according to an order published this Tuesday in the Official Gazette.
The recent variations in the international market in the reference prices of oil and energy products justify an adjustment in the Maximum Retail Price (PMVP) of IO 95 gasoline, road diesel and fuels”, reads in the order that sets the maximum prices for the sale of fuel to the public in the Azores, which enters into force on September 1.
The price of 95-octane unleaded gasoline is now €1,735 per litre, 15.4 cents less than what was charged in August (€1,889 per litre).
Diesel now costs 1,602 euros per liter, 14.3 cents less than in August (1,745).
Also the price of colored diesel for agriculture and fishing, defined in another order, suffers a reduction of 14.3 cents per liter.
Colored and marked diesel consumed in agriculture fell from 1,263 euros per liter to 1,120 euros, while colored and marked diesel consumed in fishing fell from 1,073 euros per liter to 0.930 euros.
Fuel oil with a sulfur content of less than or equal to 1%, when used for other consumption, supplied in bulk at the facilities of the distribution companies on each island, costs 0.784 euros per kilogram, 0.03 cents less than per month. above (0.787 euros).
Fuel oil for electricity production, supplied in bulk at the facilities of the distribution companies on each island, is reduced on the island of São Miguel from 780.88 to 777.75 euros/MT and on Terceira from 809.82 to 806.69 euros/MT.
In Pico it falls from 968.20 to 932.28 euros/MT and in Faial from 954.11 to 918.18 euros/MT.
EITHER the price of butane gas sold bottled, piped or in bulk does not changeranging from €1,348 per kilogram (in bulk) to €1,618 per kilogram (24-litre bottle, made of lightweight materials, sold to the public at the point of consumption).
The maximum prices of oil and energy products in the Azores are “changed on the 1st of each month and in amounts equivalent to the variation of the monthly Europe Price (PE)”.
In November 2021, the Regional Government of the Azores reduced the Tax on Petroleum Products (ISP) “by four cents, on gasoline 95, and by two cents, on diesel for road use”.
Between April 18 and 30, it granted “an additional support of 11 cents”, to “mitigate the impact of the increase in fuel prices in the European market”.
At the end of April, the Azorean government applied a new ISP reduction of 11 cents, “given the ongoing geopolitical and military conflict in Ukraine, as well as its impact on the increase in the prices of raw materials, especially oil and its derivatives”. derivatives”.
The most recent ISP reduction came in August, when there was a drop of nine cents for gasoline and 11.3 cents for diesel.
ISP now charges 36.6 cents per liter for gasoline and 14.2 cents per liter for diesel.
Source: Observadora
