Petrol price to fall by 28c/l

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Pretoria - The retail price of all grades of petrol will decrease by 28 cents a litre on Wednesday, 6 November.

A litre of petrol will cost R13.02 in Gauteng and R12.65 at the coast.

The price of diesel (0.05% sulphur) will fall by 15.2 cents a litre and that of diesel (0.005% sulphur) will fall by 17.2 cents a litre.

Illuminating paraffin wholesale will fall by 16 cents a litre and illuminating paraffin (Single Maximum National Retail price) will decrease by 22 cents per litre.

The Maximum Retail Price for LPGAS will decrease by 41 cents per kilogram.

“The average Rand/US Dollar exchange rate decrease from R10.0027 to R9.93 during the current fuel price review period.  The strengthening of the Rand against the US Dollar contributed to a decrease of 4 cents a litre in the basic fuel prices,” said the Department of Energy.

In October, the petrol price decreased by 20 cents a litre. - SAnews.gov.za