In the recent period, the price of diesel fuel decreased by 3.34 lei, while the price of gasoline COR 95 – by 2.56 lei. For Thursday, the National Agency for Energy Regulation set a price ceiling for a liter of gasoline at 31.34 lei, down 0.35 lei, while for a liter of diesel fuel at 29.12 lei, down 0.24 lei, IPN reports.

The Agency noted the Platts quotations for gasoline and diesel fuel follow a downward trend. On July 12, they declined to about 1,151 $/tonne of gasoline and to 1,129 $/tonne of diesel fuel.

During the past 14 days that are used by the Agency to calculate the price ceilings, the quotations declined by 14.4 % for gasoline and by 9.8% for diesel fuel, the decrease being of about 193 $/tonne and 122.5 $/tonne respectively.

The fuel prices started to decline in July after they had grown constantly since last autumn. For comparison, a liter of gasoline COR 95 at the beginning of last September cost 20.23 lei, while a liter of diesel fuel –16.42 lei. The liquefied petroleum gas for which the National Agency for Energy Regulation does not set price ceilings today costs almost 17 lei/liter. In September 2021, a liter of liquefied petroleum gas was sold for about 13 lei.