Ministry Adjusts Fuel Prices

May 11 , 2019


The Ministry of Trade & Industry adjusted retail fuel prices upward effective May 8, 2019. Following the adjustment, the price for a litre of benzene went up to 21.53 Br from 20.19 Br, while blended fuel, a mixture of benzene and ethanol, increased to 21.19 Br from 19.89 Br. The Price of diesel was also adjusted to 18.75 Br from 18.03 Br and the price of kerosene increased to 18.75 Br from 18.03 Br. Similarly, the price for a litre of light black diesel increased to 16 Br from 15.66 Br, hard black diesel to 16.24 Br from 15.15 Br and aeroplane fuel to 25.9 Br from 20.62 Br.


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