The reasons why gasoline is more expensive for Chevron and Shell, said López Obrador

The price of gasoline continues to impact Mexicans, as President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, seeks to "empower" publish every Monday which resellers sell more expensive fuel.

According to the latest report published by Profeco, in collaboration with the Secretary for Energy (Sener) and the Commission for Energy Regulation (CRE), Chevron and Shell according to the government study, it was the dealers who sold the most expensive fuel, with 22.32 and 21.65 pesos per liter, respectively, of the Premium brand. In Magna species, they recorded prices of 20.49 and 20.33.

In contrast, Lodemo, La Gas and Orsan were the cheapest fuel trade companies, with respective prices of 19.31, 19.36 and 19.52 pesos per liter.

The Government will endeavor to clarify the report until its publication by station, taking into account those furthest away from the distribution centers and from what they have. a higher price, badured Ricardo Sheffield, head of Profeco.

The answer and the reasons

The Shell chain has insisted that its selling price corresponds to its value offer and is based on the following percentages: the cost of the molecule, logistics and distrución, which represent between 60 and 65%,taxes of 25 or 30% and the profit margin of up to 10%, which is divided between the distributor and the distributor.

In this sense, according to José Refugio Muñoz López, executive vice president of the National Chamber of Cargo Cargo (Canacar) of El Financiero, the taxes applied to gasoline influence the final cost, because they are older compared to the United States.

In a statement, Shell stated that its service stations represent only 1.0% of the total number of service stations in the country, but that they are distinguished by their fuels developed in research processes in which they invest more than a billion dollars a year, in addition to its personalized service safe infrastructure, clean and quality products in their convenience stores.

They insisted that the prices of the molecule are influenced by the rise in the price of a barrel of oil. According to Notimex, Shell said that at the beginning of 2019, the composition of Mexican oil was 43.65 USD per barrel, while for 12 April it reached 64.59 USD per barrel.

At the same time, Chevron explained that the prices of its 136 petrol stations reflect a chain of petroleum, refining, logistics (import, transportation, storage and distribution), marketing, margins and local taxes. provincial and federal.

Forbes explained that the price is also influenced by the operating costs of the stations, wages, benefits, rents, stimulus costs, insurance, operating costs, permits and other payments to the government.

Despite the fact that, since 2016, the monopoly of Pemex has broken down, there are still not enough service stations for influence the reduction of fuel prices.

According to El Financiero, of the 12,837 stations located in Mexico, only 2,907 belong to private companies such as Shell, Oxxo Gas and Chevron. For now, they focus on the quality of their services rather than prices, according to Pablo Zárate, director of the Pulse Energy sector badysis company.

The newspaper said that it needed more infrastructure and transportation of fuels so that companies have a lower logistic cost and are reflected in the price because the majority continues to buy Pemex.