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According to data from the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels (ANP), the average price of ethanol at Franca (SP) stations was at an all-time low of the state in the balance sheet of January.
The liter of fuel cost R $ 2.34, or 20.9% less than the same period last year, when it was R $ 2.96, one of the most expensive State.
The survey examined prices in 110 establishments in Franca, where the change in value was between R $ 2.22 and R $ 2.75.
Source: ANP
For the director of the Brazilian Union of Fuel Distributors, Flávio Navarro
The average price of ethanol in the cities of the region in January
The fuel sold to Franca is the cheapest of the cities of São Paulo, the decline in fuel consumption in France is atypical and results from a scenario marked by competition between stations.
The average recorded in Franca is lower than that of municipalities like Ribeirão Preto (SP), the liter being at R $ 2.65 in January.
"They sell the price of the bomb at what they pay to distributors related to the union.We do not know how long it will last, it's a war, a conflict of price, where two large networks with good financial potential dominate the market, but there are also smaller entrepreneurs, who have one or two service stations and who depend on them to feed their families, "he says.
The ethanol rate was low in all states in January – Photo: Reproduction / EPTV
Ethanol prices fell 7.7% in January, according to the NAP, contrary to the generally expected upward trend in the low season – when production.
The price decline is the result of factors such as of gasoline, influenced by the reduction of oil prices abroad, as well as the increase in the stock resulting from a more serious It focuses on the production of fuels as sugar, with a lower sales value interesting on the international market.
"We are in high season, this situation occurs in the state of São Paulo, it is a situation in which I did not live, it is already 20 years in the fuel sector and I I have not experienced this price situation as low as during the off season, "says Navarro.
However, prices are expected to rise again next week as inventory declines, he said.
"Over the last two days, we have had an impact on the price of alcohol of R $ 0.20, which is 10% of the value of the product for which distributors have started to experience this value. will have to transmit this value to the service stations of Monday. "
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