The suggested price for 95-eighth super gasoline dropped from $4.15 to $3.98 for this month at Petroecuador service stations. However, this drop of 17 cents is less extensive in private gas stations that this Thursday, January 12, 2023, mark prices ranging from $4.06 to almost $4.10.
Each month the price of this liberalized fuel is adjusted, it does not have a State subsidy. The public company Petroecuador defines the suggested referential retail price for this super premium 95 octane in its stations and affiliated with this marketer, and also the referential value for ecoplús 89 gasoline that is sold in some gas stations in Guayas and Esmeraldas and that dropped from $3.28 to $3.08 per gallon.
Gasoline super low 17 cents, Petroecuador sets suggested price at $3.98 per gallon
Those prices are only suggested. Private marketers manage a price in accordance with the supplier price plus a profit margin.
At least in the gas stations run by Petroecuador, super gasoline returned to the level of March 2022, that is, at $3.98 a gallon, although then it was a 92-octane fuel while in recent months it is an improved one. 95 octane. Since last April the gallon of the super exceeded $4 and between rises and falls it reached $5.20 in July. Now start this 2023 two cents below $4.
In private stations, for example along Avenida de las Américas in Guayaquil, this Thursday it was sold for $4,069 in Terpel and $4,085 in Primax. In this city and in Quito, Shell brand stations show the price at $4,099.
Gasoline now affects inflation, but downwards
Extra gasoline remains frozen at $2.40 and diesel at $1.75. These fuels are subsidized by the State and after the protests that occurred in June 2022 they had a reduction in their prices and since then they have not changed. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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