Tuesday 12 August
2008, San José, Costa
Rica
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Loan To Improve Infrastructure
Gasoline Price Hike
Takes Effect Tomorrow
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Gasoline Price Hike
Takes Effect Tomorrow
Don't forget to fill the
gas tank before midnight
tonight as the latest
round of gasoline price
hikes takes effect at
12:01am.
The price of a litre of
super gasoline will ˘732
colones; regular will
cost ˘721; and diesel
˘726.
The price increase was
approved last month by
the Autoridad Reguladora
de Servicios Publicos (Aresep),
however, it takes effect
tomorrow, one day after
it is published in the
official government
publication, La Gaceta.
What seems to be more of
a joke, the Refinadora
Costarricense de
Petróleo (RECOPE) on
Friday made a request
for a decrease in the
price of gasoline by ˘1
colon for a litre of
super, ˘5 for regular
and ˘3 for diesel.
The request is due to
the drop of the price of
crude oil on
international markets.
Recope said that the
decrease woudl have been
greater, blaming the
small increase on the
increase in the dollar
exchange rate.
However, don't hold your
breath for too long, as
the Aresp still has to
deal with two price
increase requests before
dealing the the
decrease. |
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