Diesel price up, petrol down
The price of diesel has gone up 1c while that of unleaded petrol dropped 2c, Enemalta said.
It said the new rates reflect the prices it fetched for the latest shipments of imported fuel.
|
Product |
Previous Maximum Retail Price |
Revised Maximum Retail Price |
Change |
|
Unleaded |
€1.53 |
€1.51 |
(€0.02) |
|
Diesel |
€1.37 |
€1.38 |
€0.01 |
|
Kerosene |
€1.37 |
€1.38 |
€0.01 |
|
Gasoil for heating |
€1.05 |
€1.05 |
Nil |
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J Micallef
Nov 2nd 2012, 13:50
I just have one question - whether this yo-yo happens also in the neighbouring european countries.
I read some complaints in the UK, but over there the prices only go one way - up!
Paul Preston
Nov 1st 2012, 12:16
Out of interest could someone tell me please what the current Fuel Duty/Vat content price wise actuallly is per Litre on the quoted Diesel/Petrol current prices ?
leo briffa
Nov 1st 2012, 10:31
I cannot understand why Kerosine should be priced as much as Diesel, I think it should be 60% cheaper (stand to be corrected) Buses no longer use kerosine and this was the primary reason for increasing its price. Heating with kerosene in winter could result in cheaper heating. thanks
Reuben Abela
Nov 1st 2012, 10:51
The price is dictated by the international markets not by local transport.
Daniel Vella
Nov 1st 2012, 12:18
Buses where not the only vehicles to run on Kerosene. Now-a-days the other vehicles use normal salphour diesel (the old one which used to produce alot of black smoke). The licence for importing this was initially to permit industry to use a cheaper fuel for operating fixed machinery. However, this is being illegally used in motor vehicles too especially trucks. But nobody seems to realise this.
Ian James
Nov 1st 2012, 09:59
All these "European" countries have cheaper fuel than Malta.. Austria, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus,Czech Rep, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Spain etc. etc... Hardly any are economic powerhouses so one has to think that Government greed and taxes, bureaucratic miss-management and inept buying policies are behind this farce!
A Vella
Nov 1st 2012, 09:45
I honestly think that given our size these are good prices when compared internationally. Forget about wage comparisons when talking fuel prices, this is an imported product that the seller doesn't care how much you earn, either you afford it or not!
Justin Spiteri
Nov 1st 2012, 10:43
True, the seller doesn't care ... but the authorities who set duty on fuel should... they are local.
Joseph Borg
Nov 1st 2012, 08:52
For those of you like to know the current fuel prices in most countries, including EU ones, see below:
http://www.fuel-prices-europe.info/
paul camilleri
Nov 1st 2012, 08:35
i remember a time when petrol was 8c and all of a sudden was jacked up to 17c5 when was this?? i know for sure that our them Prime Minister Dom Mintoff had made an agreement with Then Gadaffi to supply us with cheap petrolium, so i ask myself why on earth did he increase the price of petrol?
j brincat
Nov 1st 2012, 07:58
@Nadir Sammut
"In most countries, people say, if you don't afford to own a car & pay its fuel - use public transport"
What an understatement!
Prosit for keeping our moral high!!!!
(jb)
Joseph Borg
Nov 1st 2012, 08:25
Dear Mr Sammut,
I am very sorry to say but Nadir Sammut is absolutely right. It's our maltese mentality that instructs us to believe that we must have a car to do anything. If all employees who work in Valletta, for example, ue public transport, we would reduce traffic by, at least, 20%. I cannot understand why the majority of university students use their own car.
George Camilleri
Nov 1st 2012, 16:12
@ Joseph Borg
if all employees who work in Valletta use public transport, can you even begin to imagine what the situation would be at bus stops? As the situation stands, people are left stranded because of over-flowing buses...
so just picture all those who work in Valletta trying to use public transport.
+ students, + workers in other localities. Nifthu task force ohra filkas.
Nadir Sammut
Nov 1st 2012, 07:43
The lack of price stabilization is normal.
In all the countries I lived in, the same gasoline stand's price varies morning to evening & Monday to Sunday.
I think the issue at heart is the cost buying fuel in general (and its quality)
In most countries, people say, if you don't afford to own a car & pay its fuel - use public transport.
j brincat
Nov 1st 2012, 07:02
This has by now become the classical monthly farce!
One month the cost of petrol goes down by 2 cents the next month it goes up by 4.
The END result is that in a whole year the cost of petrol has increased by 10 cents and our pockets are becoming threadbare by the month!
(jb)
stephen portelli
Nov 1st 2012, 05:43
For some funny reason the gas oil for heating is never touched before winter comes in or nothing at all .is this strange to you all? So dear enemalta stop fooling us around because some of us monitor european prices every day and we know exactly what is going on. Another thing is that funnily enough no other competitor here in malta is authorized to sell fuel where this can stop such monopoly.
Anthony Paul Naudi
Nov 1st 2012, 05:18
Tajjeb, issa naqas 2 cents l-unleaded, wara xahar jerga joghla 6 cents ohra, u bil-mod il-mod il-petrol tiela mas-sema. Almenu jimissa issir rata reali tal-prezz taz-zejt u l-prezz li nixtruh ahna zgur li jkun orhos. Jista l-Gvern inaqqas it-taxxa min fuqu b'hekk ikollna prezz tal-petrol aktar komfortabbli ghal-but taghna. Imissa issir rata specjali ghall-anzjani ukoll.
A.P.Naudi
Mr CHARLIE BORG
Nov 1st 2012, 03:29
Reduction of 2c on unleaded,that means every 10e of fuel we get .1 of litre more,that`s too much Gonz.
Charles Massa
Oct 31st 2012, 22:01
Ic cajta ta kull xahar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Reflect international prices u dan meta l prezz taz zejt nizel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nick Gatt Coleiro
Oct 31st 2012, 22:53
Charles, I live abroad and the price of unleaded petrol is identical so stop moaning. Malta doesn't live in a world of it's own.
Dave Alan Caruana
Oct 31st 2012, 20:29
good thing I filled up (diesel) this morning :)
Schembri Ray
Oct 31st 2012, 20:45
Bad thing I filled up (petrol) this morning (: I could have 32c more in my pocket.
Mario Sammut
Oct 31st 2012, 21:03
And you think 50 cents will change your life?
Joseph Brincat
Nov 1st 2012, 07:56
Mario Sammut
@ And you think 50 cents will change your life?
Every little thing counts !!!
Neil Bugeja
Oct 31st 2012, 20:16
Let's see how many people are going to complain about the 1c rise in Diesel, seeing that when it was reduced by 1c they called it a joke!
Mario Sammut
Oct 31st 2012, 21:05
I so much agree with you... People in this country always complain on nothing. Shame......
Joseph Borg
Oct 31st 2012, 21:38
@ Mario Sammut
Ghax qedin fil genna ta hi
Maria Xuereb
Nov 1st 2012, 06:11
Ghax vera kienet 'joke' ghax dak ix-xahar il-prezz taz-zejt nizel b'iktar minn US$12 il-barmil u inti tahseb li l-prezz tad-diesel u l-petrol huwa ideali ghalina hawn Malta. Dan zgur suppost ikun orhos imma l-Gvern bil-makkerija tieghu qieghed jiehu il-hafna minn ghand il-hafna u b'hekk ikollu xi berbaq f'konsulenzi, kuntratt fenominali, etc u ahna Cikku l-poplu qisa l-angli dejjem nidhqu.
Mr Jamie Frendo
Nov 1st 2012, 07:43
@ Joseph Borg, Jiena fil genna qied siehbi ghax scooter 125cc nuza u jitla kemm jitla jew jinzel qad ma nonfoq aktar min €10 fil gimgha + li ma jezistix traffic u problemi ta parking hehe Komplu hallsu ghal xejn.
R. Azzopardi
Nov 1st 2012, 08:01
@Jamie Frendo
that's something I need to do. Project for next year... get motorcycle licence and buy a little runabout. Driving a 4x4 to and from work every day is killing my pocket and my nerves.
R Mallia
Nov 1st 2012, 09:44
Jamie Frendo
God forbid Sur Frendo, you don't find a pot hole or spilt fuel. What happens if it rains, do you still go out?
Mr Jamie Frendo
Nov 1st 2012, 12:04
@ Mr Azzopardi, You won't regret it
@ Mr Mallia I am a carefull and very cautios driver with lots of experience, and the rain, Good tyres and waterproof gear do the trick, it's the car drivers that worry me with the same old excuse...Ma Rajtekx....
Paul Camilleri
Oct 31st 2012, 20:13
Qisna meta konna ghadna tfal zghar nilaghbu tal-hanut, daqqa nghollu 1 cent u daqqa nrahhsu 1 cent. Possibbli l-enemalta ma ghandhiex 'price stabilisation policies'.
Mario Borg
Nov 1st 2012, 07:06
Can't have stabilzation policy on oil based products as it is a cartel and changes by the minute.
Charles Mangion
Oct 31st 2012, 20:02
What a joke next month diesel will go down 2 cents petrol up 1 cent we got used to it now
Mario Sammut
Oct 31st 2012, 21:04
Wow!!!! It seems that you are an expert.....
mario salnitro
Oct 31st 2012, 19:56
Farsa Farsa Farsa!!!
Mr Emmanuel Muscat
Oct 31st 2012, 19:54
Let the prices go up .
anthony sultana
Oct 31st 2012, 19:39
Every month the price change.
Charles Caruana Carabez
Oct 31st 2012, 19:27
Buzz,buzz.buzz. These things are as important as the death of a fly...when either petrol or diesel goes down in price. Whoever is concerned loses on the roundabout and wins on the swing. Buzz off. Had enough of this nonsense.
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