Gasoline costs 16% more than a year ago

MEXICO CITY (Expansion) –

The price of Magna gasoline, the most used in the country, increased by 16% in June compared to the same month last year, reaching a Average price nationwide According to figures from the Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE), the largest tax rate cuts applied to gasoline in the country – and used to control prices – have not been able to stop up the fuel. The tax incentives for Magna's special production taxes (IEPS) ranged from 75% to 65%. This means that the levy on each liter, which is about 4.15 pesos, has been reduced by this percentage, which has allowed the price to fall to the public compared to the normal cost that it has. would without this measure.

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Now, incentives are among the most important since this strategy has been implemented, which allows modulating the price of gasoline each week, which also implies However, this "discount" n & # This did not prevent the petrol from experiencing a further month and reached 18.06 pesos per national average in the case of Magna, an increase of 16% per year. For its part, the premium reached 19.57 pesos, an increase of 12.5%; The price of fuel has been affected by the international appreciation of oil and the depreciation of the peso against the dollar, which increases the cost of importing it from the United States. Even so, the reference price of the area of ​​the Gulf Coast of the neighboring country is one of the lowest in the world.

The average price in Mexico, for Magna, reached 18.76 pesos per liter, although it exceeded 19 pesos in several service stations of the capital.

Jalisco recorded the highest price of Magna in the country, averaging 18.90 pesos per liter in June; while in Veracruz, it had the lowest price, with 17.60 pesos per liter

The presidential candidate, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, promised that during the first three years of his government, the Gasoline will only increase nominally, say, never above inflation.