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Gas Prices Up Today, Another
Hike On the Way
Thanks to a tax hike on the
price of gasoline, the price at
the pump jumped ¢4 colones for a
litre of super and regular and
¢2 colones for a litre of diesel
as it was published yesterday in
the official government
publication, La Gaceta.
Affected by the tax hike are
alos Av-Gas and jet fuels.
And, get ready for another hike
in the coming week. as officials
at the government body that
regulates public prices and
services, the Autoridad
Reguladora de los Servicios
Públicos (ARESEP) approved a
price hike requested by the
state oil refinery and
distributor, Refinadora
Costarricense de Petróleo (RECOPE),
last week.
The approval will see the price
of a litre of gasoline jump by
¢17 colones for a litre of super
and regular and ¢19 colones for
a litre of diesel.
That price hike will occur
within five working days, the
time allowed for La Gaceta to
publish the new prices.
Today gasoline prices are as
follows:
Super ¢466
Regular ¢440
Diesel ¢349
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