The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has announced fuel prices will see an increase of about 5.7% in the second pricing window of August.
The projected retail prices of petroleum products are: Petrol - GH₵12.97/L, Diesel - GH₵13.43/L.
The Mean (average) Price for Petrol and Diesel are expected at GH₵13.20/L, LPG -GH₵12.30/kg respectively. A 14.5 kg LPG cylinder, is expected to be selling at GH₵178.36 within the window.
“All Pump Prices are expected to be within (±5%) error margin of COPEC's prediction.”
The change in the prices is expected to reflect on Wednesday, August 16, 2023.
A statement signed by the Executive Secretary, Duncan Amoah noted that “Indications are that pump prices of Petrol and Diesel are likely to increase averagely by about 5.7% over the current mean price of GH₵12.45/L across the country whilst LPG prices increase by about 11.9%.”
The release explained that the change is as a result of prices of finished products on the international market shooting up averagely around 11% for both petrol and diesel.
It added that Crude price has also been increased by 6.79% from the mean price of $80.67/barrel to $86.15/barrel even though the forex or Dollar exchange rate has relatively decreased from a previous average of GH₵11.7185 to GH ₵11.4538 (-2.26%) per $1.
Find below details of the projections for the window:
Petrol
With the international price increasing from $898.55/MT to $965.58/MT (7.46%), the retail price works up to GH₵12.97/L
Thus, Petrol is expected to increase by 4.37% of the current mean Pump retail price of GH₵12.40/L, to close selling between GH₵12.32/L and GH₵13.62/L within ±5% of COPEC's prediction.
Diesel
With the International benchmark prices increasing from $786.73/MT to $902.15/MT (14.67%), the expected mean retail pump price for the next window shall be GH₵13.43/L
Thus, Diesel is expected to increase by about 7.0% of the current Mean Pump retail price of GH₵12.49/L to be selling between GH₵12.76/L and GH₵14.10/L within ±5% of COPEC's projection.
Mean Price of Petrol and Diesel
The Mean price of Petrol and Diesel for the coming window per the numbers shall be 13.20/L with mean pump retail price range of GH₵12.54/L and GH₵13.86/L, within ±5% of COPEC's prediction.
LPG
With the international benchmark price increasing from $423.75/MT to $547.79/MT (29.27%) the projected retail price of LPG is expected to be selling averagely at GH₵12.30/kg.
Thus, within ±5% error, LPG is expected to be sold between GH₵11.69/kg and GH₵12.92/kg
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