Four large oil companies informed the National Agency for Energy Regulation about their intention to raise the prices of gasoline by 0.54 lei per liter, to 17.8 lei on average, on June 21. One of the companies will yet diminish the retail price of diesel fuel by 0.20 lei per liter, to 16.25 lei, IPN reports.

According to the Agency, the oil companies invoked the rise in the PLATT'S quotations, in the import prices of oil products and in the excises on these products as well as the depreciation of the Moldovan leu against the U.S. dollar.

Official data show the average PLATT'S quotation for gasoline in the period between January and the beginning of June rose by 44.4%, while for diesel fuel – by 23.8%. As a result, the important prices of oil products also increased. The import price of a tonne of diesel fuel in January-June rose by 36/5% in dollars, while in national currency – by 47.7%.

The excise duties on the import of oil products grew by 6.1% since May 1, 2015. The excise duty on one tonne of gasoline increased by 214 lei/tonne to 3,714 lei/tonne, while on diesel fuel rose by 89 lei/tonne to 1,544 lei/tonne.

This is the fifth modification in the retail prices of oil products so far this year.