Price of a gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $4.33, Nicaragua $3.97, Honduras $3.74, El Salvador $3.51, Guatemala $3.46 and Panama $3.22.
From a report by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador:
Despite a drop in inventories of crude oil in the United States, of approximately 12 million barrels, reported in the last week by the International Energy Agency (IEA), inventories of oil derivatives such as gasoline and diesel have seen slight fluctuations, ranging between weeks of increase and reduction in reserves; Gasoline stocks were reduced by approximately 2,199 million barrels in the last two weeks, despite the fact that the trend after that date showed an increase of 1,156 million barrels, similarly heating and diesel distillates increased their reserves in the last week by 4,125 million barrels, after two weeks of no change in their reserves, all according to reports by the IEA.
Price of a gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $4.33, Nicaragua $3.98, Honduras $3.76, El Salvador $3.49, Guatemala $3.40 and Panama $3.28.
From a report by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador:
The latest reports provided by the International Energy Agency (IEA) reflect a clear increase in the refining of petroleum derivatives, including gasoline, heating distillates and diesel, for gasoline there was an increase in reserves of an approximate 6.76 million barrels, while in distillates and diesel there was an increase of approximately2.81 million barrels, according to weekly data provided by the agency. In addition, an increase in refining operations was reported from 95.7% to 97.5% of capacity by North American companies at the end of June.
Price of a gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $4.33, Nicaragua $3.98, Honduras $3.83, El Salvador $3.56, Guatemala $3.47 and Panama $3.28.
From a report by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador:
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has reported new increases in reserves of gasoline, diesel and distillates in recent weeks, which has led to declines in the price of international oil derivatives.
Price of a gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $4.22, Nicaragua $3.99, Honduras $3.83, El Salvador $3.62, Guatemala $3.60 and Panama $3.33.
From a report by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador:
-Geopolitical events that took place in the month of May between the United States and Iran, led to an increase in the prices of petroleum products, which has been felt in the global market, due to the economic sanctions that focus on reducing the supply of exports to the international hydrocarbons market.
Price of a gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $4.22, Nicaragua $3.99, Honduras $3.78, El Salvador $3.58, Guatemala $3.54 and Panama $3.24.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador:
The latest report provided by the IEA states that inventories of oil and its derivatives from the United States fell by 1.4 million barrels, which has affected prices in the global market; likewise, gasoline inventories dropped by 3.8 million barrels, while distillate and diesel reserves decreased by 100,000 barrels; It should be noted that during the last two weeks these inventories have decreased a total of 7.7 million barrels, these figures impact the prices of domestic liquid fuels, due to the fact that El Salvador is a net importer of petroleum products.
Price of gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $4.09, Nicaragua $3.98, Honduras $3.69, Guatemala $3.49, El Salvador $3.50 and Panama $3.20.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graphs"] Added to the geopolitical tension generated by the US' decision to withdraw from the nuclear pact with Iran, is the increase in demand from Asian countries, especially China, which is the country that consumes the most crude oil and derivatives.Its latest report indicates that it has reached record levels with 9 million barrels per day, representing 10% of world consumption and more than a third of the entire Asian continent, leaving less product in the market. This, combined with the tight production restrictions of the OPEC and non-OPEC countries led by Russia and possible sanctions against Iran, is pushing international prices upwards, causing the country to experience increases for the present fortnight.
Price of the gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $4.10, Nicaragua $3.86, Honduras $3.66, El Guatemala $3.43, Salvador $3.42 and Panama $3.05.
From a report by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador:
The current geopolitical events in the Middle East, in particular an attack on Syria led by the coalition of the United States, France and the United Kingdom, has caused great uncertainty among investors and prices in theHydrocarbons market, due to the fact that this could lead to a substantial decrease in production, in addition to the one that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has had in place since the end of 2016, affecting world supply and causing prices to maintain their upward trend.[GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
Price of a gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $4.05, Nicaragua $3.77, Honduras $3.58, El Salvador $3.26, Guatemala $3.19 and Panama $2.91.
From a report by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador:
The current reference prices show increases in all products due to the latest report provided by the Energy Information Administration (AIE), the issue of tariffs and international political sanctions by the US government. [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
Price of gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $4.02, Nicaragua $3.71, Honduras $3.63, Guatemala $3.22, El Salvador $3.20 and Panama $2.95.
From a report by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador:
The current reference prices are experiencing their second reduction at the national level due to the tension generated by North American and geopolitical productive factors created by uncertainty inworld tariffmatters. [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
Price of the gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $4.02, Honduras $3.68, Nicaragua $3.61, El Salvador $3.24, Guatemala $3.21, and Panama $2.97.
From a report by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador:
The drop in fuel prices is largely due to record US oil production, which for a second consecutive week exceeded 10 million barrels placing it as the second largest producer in the world below Russia; as well as an increase in exports, a reduction of imports and the strengthening of the dollar in the raw material markets at an international level.[GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
Price of gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $3.98, Nicaragua $3.80, Honduras $3.71, Guatemala $3.32, El Salvador $3.32 and Panama $2.99.
From a report by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador:
The United States reported its second increase in its oil inventories on February 7 of this year, in which its production reached a record of 10.25 million barrels per day (bpd) in the last week, as reported by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA); where an 11 week downward streak was reversed, affected by low temperatures and the holiday season.
Price of gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $3.93, Nicaragua $3.74, Honduras $3.63, Guatemala $3.31, El Salvador $3.29 and Panama $2.99.
From a report by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador:
The harsh winter that has hit the United States has caused an increase in the production of energy generated frompetroleumderivatives, which is used for heating, as well as the general consumption of derivatives in the North American country, which has contributed to a decrease in reserves in the United States.[GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
Price of a gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $3.92, Nicaragua $3.65, Honduras $3.52, El Salvador $3.20, Guatemala $3.18 and Panama $2.83.
From a report by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador:
The cold front that hit the east coast and the northern region of the United States, caused an increase in demand for fuel for heating.[GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graph"]
Price of gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $4.03, Nicaragua $3.59, Honduras $3.45, Guatemala $3.14, El Salvador $3.11 and Panama $2.91.
From a report by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador: [GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graphics"] The mixed trend in the United States strategic reserves of crude oil and liquid fuels (diesel and gasoline) influenced the new reference prices for the last fortnight of 2017 following the last inventory report by the United States, the Organization of the Exporting Countries of Petroleum (OPEC) is holding firm to its pact to cut production of its member countries along with Russia.
Price of gallon of regular gasoline: Costa Rica $4.03, Nicaragua $3.59, Honduras $3.45, Guatemala $3.18, El Salvador $3.13 and Panama $2.92.
From a report by the Ministry of Economy of El Salvador:
The reference prices for gasoline and diesel will experience new increases as of December 5 due to the mixed behavior of the international prices of petroleum products; supported by the extension of the pact established by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in reducing production of crude oil and oil derivatives.[GRAFICA caption = "Click to interact with graphics"]