Which tariffs are already authorized by the government for the rest of the year

In a context of high inflation where the estimate for the whole year is between 27 and 30% and despite the continued opportunities in which the president Mauricio Macri badures that there would be more tariffs until 2019, the truth is that there will be and it is the government itself that authorized them . And not the release of Juan Jose Aranguren of the Ministry of Energy, as expected, modified the proposed regime.

With a June that leaves the number of inflation perhaps higher in the year and with Javier Iguacel the new in charge of triggering the rejected tariffs, already sitting in his position The second half will bring, at least, four new increases: fuel, prepaid, gas and light according to the estimated government and business of these items, have their auctions confirmed.

NAFTAS
The first confirmed and materialized increase was that of fuels, when and this state oil company Sunday YPF announced a 5% increase in gasoline and diesel . This is an increase of more than 3% that oil companies had agreed to take up in June and July and bringing the cumulative increase of the year to 18%.

In the case of Shell, the oil company that headed the former minister Energía Aranguren, announced increases of 9% in its super naphtha (it accounts for 65% of the local activity of the company). 39) and between 11% and 12% in high-end naphtha and diesel . In addition, the company said that they expect further increases in the future to close the economic equation, as reported by La Nación.

This is in line with the demand, after the announcement of Iguacel that will release the price of oil, the In the sector, the government has set a concrete trajectory of fuel prices up to the end of the liberation process.

Iguacel decided a few days ago to put an end to Aranguren's agreement with the industry to limit the price of fuel. barrel of oil ($ 66 in June, 67 in July and 68 in August) and set up a system of naphtha rise of 3% per month until December. This, along with YPF's rise and the continuity that Shell gave him, was buried.

For now, the government does not specifically respond to petroleum companies' demand and still does not set a clear line to accommodate prices. The idea seems to be that YPF – which controls 55% of the market – sets the pattern of increases, knowing that the rest of the oil companies tend to evolve at the pace of the state. This is what happened this weekend and it would imply some sort of official secret intervention or probation system of the fuel market .

PREPAGAS
On the other hand, in the last week of June the government authorized early repayments to increase their shares up to 7.5% from early August ]. From the Ministry of Health, they emphasized the increase because of "variations in the cost structure of companies". In this way, medical companies would accumulate an increase of 19% in the first eight months of 2018, which exceeds the accumulated inflation during the same period .

LIGHT AND GAS

Finally, the new Minister of Energy acknowledged as soon as he swore in front of Macri and then in an interview that there will be a review of tariffs gas and electricity in the second half of the year, probably in October . The percentages, in this case, are not yet known.

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