The Federal Anti-Monopoly Service of the Russian Federation proposed increasing the minimum sales of gasoline and diesel fuel on the exchange to at least 15%. The position of the department in the Federation Council was voiced by Elena Tsyshevskaya, head of the FAS department responsible for the regulation of the fuel and energy complex and the chemical industry. He writes about it”hit liner“
“On average, at least 20% of the sales volume must be sold in the exchange segment in order for the price to remain at acceptable conditions. These are analytical data, and the Department of Energy actually agrees with this. The “minimum wage” for gasoline has now been increased to 13 percent and for diesel to 9.5 percent. We believe that the minimum rate for gasoline should be 15% or higher, and preferably about the same for diesel,” said Tsyshevskaya.
On Thursday, the decline in gasoline and diesel wholesale prices that started this week continued. St. According to the St. Petersburg International Commodity Exchange, the cost of AI-92 gasoline decreased by 5.74% to RUB 61,883 thousand per ton. The price of AI-95 decreased by 3.97% to 66,521 thousand₽ per ton. The price of summer diesel fuel fell by more than 2% to RUB 71,869 thousand per tonne.
The decline in prices began after a series of statements by the authorities that the fuel market should be strictly regulated. Recently, the Russian government imposed a temporary restriction on the export of gasoline and diesel fuel.
Formerly in the State Duma explained The increase in fuel prices is temporary.
Source: Gazeta
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