Petrobras announced today (22) the reduction of 2% in the price of gasoline marketed in the refineries. Given this, as of tomorrow (23) the liter should be traded at R $ 2.0639 / liter. This is the seventh consecutive fall in price, whose retraction has already reached 8.3% since September 22.
However, reductions in the price of fuel have not reached the final consumer. What exists, in fact, is an opposite movement. According to calculations made by DATAGRO, in São Paulo, the average price of gasoline in the stations registered a high of 2.2% in the last 30 days, being negotiated at R $ 4,512 / liter.
This scenario continues to favor the commercialization of hydrous ethanol in the State, which currently has 61.35% of competitiveness over fossil fuel. In addition to São Paulo, the advantage of supplying ethanol is also recorded in Paraíba (68.75%), Rio de Janeiro (68.61%), Paraná (66.40%), Goiás General (61.83%), Mato Grosso (59.77%), and the Federal District (68.62%).
How are gas prices?
The sharp fall of the dollar coupled with the decline in oil prices has been decisive for the readjustment of values made by Petrobras. In the past 30 days, the Ptax dollar fell 10.3% against the real to R $ 3.7079 / US $, while RBOB gasoline price fell 5.3% to US $ 1.9139 / gallon.
Thus, the average price of gasoline at the refinery is 2.0% above the level of arbitrage for imports. Given this scenario, DATAGRO points out that there is a possibility that Petrobras will continue to readjust the fuel price in the coming days.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.