The Petroleum Pricing Committee (PPC) met on Saturday 27 January 2024 and after verification of the computation of the retail prices of Mogas and Gas Oil, as provided for under Regulation 8 of the Consumer Protection (Control of Price of Petroleum Products) Regulations 2011 (as amended), recommended that the retail price of Mogas be decreased from Rs 69.00 to Rs 66.20 per litre and that of Gas Oil be maintained at its present level as per Regulation 5 (2).

The Committee took note of the evolution of world prices of Mogas and Gas Oil and also considered the deficit of Rs 4.5 billion in the Price Stabilisation Account (PSA) of Gas Oil.

Mogas (L’Essence) – Based on the new Reference Price of US$ 804.35 per metric ton for Mogas, that is, the actual prices for November 2023 to January 2024 and the future prices for February to April 2024 at an exchange rate of Rs 45.15/US$, the new retail price works at Rs 66.20 per litre, that is a decrease of 4.1%.

Gas Oil (Diesel) – Regulation 5 (2) states that “subject that there are funds in the PSA, the retail price of a petroleum product shall be decreased.” Therefore, in line with the provisions of the Regulations, as the PSA of Gas Oil is in deficit by about Rs 4.5 billion, the retail price of Gas Oil is maintained at Rs 63.95 per litre.

The Committee also took note of the total deficit of about Rs 4.2 billion in the Price Stabilisation Accounts as shown in the table below. Moreover, it is to be highlighted that these losses pertain only to Mogas and Gas Oil and not to the other operations of STC. The deficits in the PSA have evolved as follows:

                                                                                            

The evolution of the world prices of Mogas and Gas Oil from 2 October 2023 to 25 January 2024 is shown in the graphs below:

                      Graph 1 - Mogas

                   

 

                       Graph 2 - Gas Oil

                    

The retail prices of Mogas (L’Essence) is decreased to Rs 66.20 per litre and that of Gas Oil (Diesel) is maintained at Rs 63.95 per litre and will be effective as from 0.00 hr. on 28 January 2024.

The new Price Structures are as follows:

                         

Mogas

Gas Oil

Reference Price - US$ per Metric Ton

804.3500

 -

Reference Price - US$ per barrel

-

100.7600

CIF - US$/litre

0.6747

0.6831

Exchange rate – Rs/US$

45.1500

45.1500

 

                     Rupees per litre

CIF

30.4627

30.8420

Excise duty

12.2000

4.7000

Contribution to Road Development Authority

1.8500

1.7500

Contribution to Rodrigues Transportation and Storage

0.4100

0.4100

Contribution to the Construction of storage facilities for petroleum products

0.6500

0.5000

Contribution to Subsidy on LPG, Flour and Rice

7.2000

7.2000

STC’s Operational Expenses

0.3500

0.4000

Rounding of Figures

0.0225

-

Fund to Price Stabilisation Account

-

5.5567

TRANSFER PRICE TO OIL COMPANIES

53.1452

51.3587

Oil Companies’ Operational Expenses and Wholesale Margin

2.3500

2.1800

VAT (15%)

8.6348

8.3413

WHOLESALE PRICE

64.1300

61.8800

Retail Margin

2.0700

2.0700

RETAIL PRICE (Price at Petrol Service Station)

66.2000

63.9500

 

 27 January 2024