YPF increased fuel by 1% and applied its second increase in one week

Pricing in fuels gives no rest to


inflation
one of the main concerns of the Government of


Mauricio Macri
. This morning the oil company under state control YPF has applied
its second increase in gasoline and diesel in one week

On this occasion, the increase was moderate, around 1%, and according to conscious sources the decision seeks to match their prices with those of the competition , which had increased values, in percentage terms, above YPF. In addition, it is another consequence of the increase in biofuels authorized by the government last Monday.

At dawn last Sunday, the company had applied a rise of nearly 5%. Then come Shell and Axion.

As of today, the YPF Super Gasoline costs $ 28.11, or 28 cents more than last night. The premium went from $ 32.20 to $ 33.53; diesel, from $ 24.20 to $ 24.44; According to the Ministry of Energy, brand sales in the third month of the year were 55% for YPF, 22% for Shell, 12% for Axion and 6% for Pampa, while remaining percentage is atomized.

The new YPF increase occurs in the middle of
a controversy between the oil companies, the owners of service stations and the Minister of Energy,


Javier Iguacel
.

The devaluation leads to the former Minister of Energy


Juan José Aranguren
to promote an agreement with the oil companies to moderate the increases in suppliers of the incremental increases that would be distributed in the following months. But Iguacel overturned this decision shortly after taking office in mid-June, and confirmed to companies that gasoline and diesel prices in Argentina are free.

In parallel, as a result of the pricing agreement and the subsequent uncertainty that dominated the market, petrol station owners claimed that wholesale fuel sales were beginning to be limited