During the week of June 20-26, average prices at gas stations were four cents above the average weekly price set by the regulator, and diesel was 1.5 cents higher, according to ERSE data.
According to information from the Weekly Report on Supervision of Selling Prices to the Public released today by the Energy Services Regulatory Authority (ERSE), “compared to the previous week, it was found that the national average of selling prices to the public, announced on , and reported in Balcão Único da Energia, was 4.0 cents/l [cêntimos por litro] higher than this week’s effective price for plain gasoline 95, which is the highest value since the publication of this report.”
“In the case of plain diesel fuel, the public selling prices announced on the portals were also higher, by 1.5 cents/l”, and “in percentage terms, plain gasoline IO 95 was announced on the portals 1.9% higher than the effective price. , while regular diesel is also 0.7% above the effective price.”
The effective price is the average weekly price determined by ERSE, which is the result of the sum of several factors, namely: “fuel prices in international markets and related shipping, primary logistics, including in this part the strategic and security of the National Oil System, additional costs, related to the inclusion of biofuels and the retail component, plus related taxes,” he explained.
In the same report, ERSE indicated that “Even compared to the previous week for discount prices”, which are the average prices published by the Directorate General of Energy and Geology (DGEG), they “remained below the effective price”. , with plain 95 petrol “the deviation is 0.1% compared to the effective price and plain diesel – 1.7%”, and “in absolute terms, these estimates are located, for 95 and plain diesel, at 0.2 cents / l and 3.6 cents/liter below effective prices, respectively,” notes ERSE.
The regulator also said that this week (June 27 to July 3) “the effective pre-tax price is 1277 EUR/l. [euros/litro] for plain 95 petrol and 1393 euro/l for plain diesel” and that “after tax, the effective price is 2132 euro/l and 2123 euro/l for plain 95 petrol and plain diesel, respectively”.
Fuel prices are down this week, with the government estimating three cents per liter of diesel and 3.9 cents for gasoline, according to Treasury Department data sent to Lusa today.
In the case of diesel fuel, the forecast drop is the first since the beginning of the week on May 30th. Gasoline saw a second week of declines in a row, which ended the growth cycle since May 9.
ERSE has started publishing a new fuel price watchdog report weekly since May 30, which will compare the prices set at filling stations with those calculated by the regulator.
