Barbadians will be paying slightly more for petroleum and liquefied petroleum products.
From today the retail price of gasoline, diesel and kerosene will increase, in keeping with the cost of petroleum products on the international market.
The price of gasoline will move from $3.24 to $3.37 litre – up by 13 cents. Diesel will now be retailed at $2.93 – an increase of eight cents; while kerosene will now be retailed at $1.94.
Meanwhile the 100-pound liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder will now cost $200.08 – up by $1.51, while the 25-pound cylinder will be retailed at $55.22 – an increase of 38 cents. The 20-pound cylinder will now cost $44.33 – up by 31 cents.
