Petrobras announced this Monday (15) a 4.8% cut in the price of gasoline at its refineries. It is the third reduction in less than a month, following the drop in international oil prices.
As of this Tuesday (16), the product will cost, on average, R$ 3.53 per liter in the state-owned refineries. The drop is R$ 0.18 per liter, in relation to the average price practiced until this Monday.
Considering that the gasoline sold at stations contains 27% ethanol, the state-owned company estimates a transfer of R$ 0.13 per liter to the final price of the fuel, which has been on a downward trajectory since the end of June, when Congress approved cuts of federal and state taxes.
According to Petrobras, the reduction is consistent with its pricing policy, “which seeks to balance its prices with the global market, but without passing on to domestic prices the cyclical volatility of international quotations and the exchange rate.”
The oil retreat was used by the company to also justify two cuts in the price of diesel in August. This product had been less impacted by the tax cuts, as it already had rates below the cap set by Congress in most states.
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