The Consumers and Users Organization (Opecu) reported that Peruvian consumers and families would have paid more than S / 100 million in excess for the 10-kilogram gas or LPG cylinder since September 2021.
The president of Opecu, Héctor Plate Cánepa, indicated that the national demand for the gas cylinder is satisfied by 80% with LPG from Camisea in Cusco and 20% with imported LPG.
“Content four out of every five LPG bottles is totally Peruvian; However, its price is absurdly subject to the import price, seriously harming consumers who would already pay S / 100 million more since September of this year. Abuse must stop, ”he said.
Through a press release they reported that, according to the consumer association, 280,000 tons would have been marketed metrics of bottled liquefied petroleum gas (LPG E) since it was included again in the Fuel Price Stabilization Fund in September 2021, but with the change of the marker from the export price to the import price.
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“It led to a rise in the price of LPG, impacting the 10-kilo gas cylinder of up to S / 10, including tax,” they reported.
This payment of S / 10 in excess per gas bottle confirms the change of the export marker for import. “And it must be corrected without delay so as not to further exacerbate the deteriorating economy of Peruvian consumers and families who continue to pay exorbitant and abusive prices for bottled gas or LPG in years, which begins by not reflecting its true price of origin in Cusco. . We urge the Government to legitimize the commercialization of Peruvian LPG “, indicated Plate.
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