Gov’t lowers gasoline, diesel prices for July

The government on Friday decided to lower the prices of oil derivatives, including gasoline and diesel, while maintaining the price of kerosene and gas cylinders for July. The government’s decision, which goes into effect on July 1, was taken in accordance with recommendations by the Energy Ministry’s Fuel Pricing Committee, which convened on Friday. The cost of 1 litre of unleaded 90-octane gasoline will be sold at JD0.895, down from JD0.900. A litre of unleaded 95-octane gasoline will sell for JD0.1135, down from JD1.140. Diesel will be sold at JD0.675 per litre, down from JD0.715. Prices of kerosene and gas cylinders will remain unchanged for July at JD0.620, and JD7 respectively. When applying the price equation, according to international prices, on all oil derivatives, the committee found that the price of unleaded 90-octane gasoline decreased by 5 fils per liter, the price of unleaded 95-octane gasoline decreased by 5 fils per liter, and the price of diesel decreased by 40 fils per liter.

Source: Jordan News Agency