Petrobras this Friday (18) reduced the price of diesel for distributors by $ 0.12 per liter. While fuel has a second decrease in less than a month, gasoline has been preserved again.
Experts heard before Cnn money They point out that the new price policy of the state makes the possibility of adjusting fuel up and down.
According to Petrobras, this measure aims to “repeat” the prices that are practiced in the country and avoid bringing the oil market fluctuations to the stations.
“This new price policy, which is called by Abrasilery of Prices, does not bring at the end of the day any kind of transparency or ability to predict the increase and reduction of the price. The fall has been accelerated in line with the fall abroad, does not create (…) manufacturing in the market in the market.”
Amance Boutin, a fuel expert at Argus, stated that in a dialogue with market agents, it seems that the current price of gasoline is “reasonable”.
Putin is also considering that in April the sugar cane crop begins, there may be greater availability of ethanol in the market, while overthrowing the biofuel price.
Thus, he referred to Cnn money There may be a slight modification of gasoline in order to maintain the competitiveness and the market share of fuel.
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