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Gasoline Prices Drop Tomorrow
Whatever you do today, do not
fill your gasoline tank, because
at the stroke of midnight, the
price of gasoline drops by as
much as ¢20 colones a litre.
This is the first price drop is
the first for this year
following a series of increases
that brought the price of
gasoline to almost ¢600 colones
a litre.
At midnight, gasoline stations
around the country will modify
the prices at the pump to
reflect the request made by the
Refinadora Costarricense de
Petróleo (Recope) and approved
last week by the Autoridad
Reguladora de los Servicios
Públicos (Aresep).
The notice of the approval was
published in today's edition of
the official government
publication, La Gaceta, and
takes effect at the stroke of
midnight.
The new prices wil be ¢553
colones for a litre of regular,
down from ¢573 and ¢580 colones
for a litre of super, down from
¢597. Diesel gasoline will
remain the same at ¢383 colones.
The reduction in real terms is a
savings of ¢900 colones to fill
a 45 litre tank with regular
gasoline.
However, the lower prices won't
be around for long. Gasoline
station owners have asked the
Aresep to approve an increase in
their earnings on the sale of
gasoline. The gross profit by
the sale of gasoline by
retailers is controlled and
currenlty earn ¢25.29 colones
for each litre dispensed.
Gasoline station owners want an
increase to ¢34.57, or ¢9.28
colones added to each litre of
gasoline purchased by consumers.
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