ISLAMABAD: In its daily revision, the government on Monday notified new fuel prices for October 13.
According to an official notification, the price of has been decreased by Rs2.93 to Rs395.37 per litre from Rs398.30. Whereas the price of High-Speed Diesel (HSD) has been increased by 61 paise to Rs396.85 per litre.
During last seven days, the average refined petrol price has been slightly decreased to USD 132.17 per bbl (compared to USD 133.48 per bbl on October 10), while HSD increased to USD 108.43 per barrel from USD 108.07 per bbl.
Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) states that the change in price is necessitated by global events including changes in Platts rates, premiums, incidentals etc.
According to a petroleum division notification, the change has been recorded in import cost of both petroleum products. The import cost of petrol has been declined to Rs284.59 per litre from Rs287.52, whereas, cost of HSD price has gone up to Rs289.29 per litre from Rs288.68.
The government levies and fixed profit margins for petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) remain unchanged. Both fuels carry a Petroleum Levy of Rs80 per litre, a Climate Support Levy of Rs5 per litre, and profit margins of Rs9.98 per litre for dealers and Rs7.87 per litre for oil marketing companies. The Inland Freight Equalisation Margin (IFEM) is sustained at Rs7.93 per litre for petrol, and Rs 4.71 per litre for HSD.
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