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Up And Down
Price of Gasoline
At 12:01am Friday gasoline prices at the
pumps at all gasoline stations across the
country increase. Hours later, the Autoridad
Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (Aresep),
announced a drop in prices. However, the
drop will take effect until the middle of
April.
Gasoline prices on Friday rose ¢52 colones
for a litre of super and ¢45 for a litre of
regular and dropped ¢20 colones a litre for
diesel. That price hike was approved last
month.
The price drop announced yesterday by the
Aresep is to give back consumers of fuel
some ¢78.8 billion colones, which translates
to a drop of ¢35 colones a litre for super,
¢38 for regular and a whopping ¢59 for a
litre of diesel.
Fernando Herrero, the head of the Aresep
said he has ordered a study of the finances
of the Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo
(Recope) - the state refinery - that it
complies with the government's "Plan Escudo"
to combat the economic crisis.
The proposal by the price regulator still
has to be discussed at a public hearing
process and then published in the government
publication, La Gaceta, before the lower
prices can go into effect, which are not
expected until after Semana Santa or Easter
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