Q COSTARICA — The regulatory authority – Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (ARESEP) – approved the latest extraordinary fuel price adjustment, which will apply reductions to gasoline and increases to diesel and gas in the coming days.
Super gasoline will decrease from ¢674 to ¢662, representing a reduction of ¢12; while regular gasoline will decrease by ¢22, from ¢659 to ¢637.
In contrast, diesel will increase by ¢8, reaching ¢563 per liter, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) will increase by ¢1 per liter. A 25-pound cylinder of gas will cost ¢7,047, an increase of ¢44.
The ARESEP explained that the adjustments are due to fluctuations in international prices of energy products imported by RECOPE, the Costa Rican refinery that refines nothing.
The price change becomes effective the day after it’s published in the official government bulletin, La Gaceta.