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Petrobras announced on Wednesday 4, that it has risen an average of 4.4% so-called cooking gas, referring to a 13-kilogram bottle of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). The new price, without taxes, will be R $ 23.10 at the refinery. Since the beginning of the year, the 13 Kg LPG has registered a 5.2% decline from December 2017, said the state company. The new prices will come into effect this Thursday 5.
According to the price survey of the National Agency of Oil, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP), the average price of a 13 kg bottle in Brazil is R $ 68.28, the highest price being R $ 115.00 and the lowest price being R $ 50.00.
Kitchen gas began to be adjusted quarterly in January of this year, "to soften the impact of price volatility"
In a note on its website, the company pointed out the adjustment the increase in the international price of LPG, which rose by 22.9% between March and June, during which the devaluation of the real against the US dollar was 16%. According to Petrobras, the impact on Brazilian consumers would be greater than that given to Brazilian consumers, but diluted by the combination of the nine-month period used for price calculation, as defined in the methodology announced in January, and the clearing mechanism will adjust the differences between the prices charged during the year and the international price over the next year, reconciling the reduction in price volatility with the Petrobras results.
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