March 3, 2008
Tunisia lifts petrol prices to trim budget gap
Posted at March 3, 2008 11:41 AM in .
TUNIS, March 2 (Reuters) - Tunisia has increased domestic petrol prices by 4.16 percent to cut an energy budget deficit that has widened on soaring world prices, the government said on Sunday.The price of lead-free petrol and two-star petrol rose to 1.250 dinar ($1.05) per litre from 1.200 dinar.
The previous increase was announced in October.
A $1.0 rise in imported oil prices adds 35 million dinars to the annual energy subsidy budget, officials said. (Reporting by Tarek Amara; editing by William Maclean and Erica Billingham) ($1=1.19 Tunisian dinars).
Via [Reteurs]
No surprise, everybody knew about the rises, but didn't knew when.
Via [Tunisia Oil and Gas News]
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