Fuel prices in the Azores have increased since Saturday, November 1. According to a Regional Government order published yesterday in the Official Journal, the cost of unleaded gasoline will rise by 2.3 cents to €1.619 per liter, and diesel will increase by 0.8 cents to €1.436 per liter. Another order also stipulates that the price of colored diesel for agriculture and fisheries will increase by 8 cents per liter. Colored and marked diesel consumed in agriculture will now cost €1.065 per liter, and colored and marked diesel consumed in fishing will now cost €0.875 per liter.

As for butane gas, it will increase by 2.2 cents/kilogram in November (+2.1 cents if sold in bulk). Thus, butane gas sold to the public at the retailer’s establishment in bottles of 26 liters or more will now cost €1.674 per kilo, and that sold in 24-liter bottles made of lightweight materials (up to eight kilos of container) will cost €1.870 per kilo. Piped butane gas will now cost €1.674/kg and bulk butane gas €1.271 per kilo. The Azorean executive explains the price adjustment as due to “recent variations in the international market for reference prices of petroleum and energy products.”

in Diário dos Açores-Paulo Viveiros-director

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