Fuel Prices Decrease from Midnight

The prices of petroleum derivatives will slightly decrease from midnight, with the prices of eurosuper 95 and 98 and blue diesel dropping by one to two lipas per liter, heating oil by six lipas, and eurodiesel by twelve lipas, according to data from the Ministry of Economy, which today published the highest retail prices of derivatives for the period from August 6 to August 19.

Thus, after significant increases in derivative prices two weeks ago due to rising excise duties and the increase in derivative prices on the Mediterranean market, ranging from 18 to 57 lipas per liter, prices will slightly decrease at the beginning of this week.

According to the Ministry of Economy, oil companies will be able to have a maximum price for eurosuper BS 95 of 10.62 kuna per liter from midnight, which is two lipas less than the previous 10.64 kuna.

From tomorrow, eurosuper BS 98 will be cheaper by one lipa, with a maximum price of 10.95 kuna (previously 10.96 kuna), while the price of eurosuper BS 100 will remain unchanged at 11.17 kuna.

Eurodiesel BS will be sold at a price of 9.80 kuna from midnight, which is 12 lipas less than the previous 9.92 kuna.

The retail price of heating oil will be lower by six lipas from tomorrow, with a maximum price of 6.69 kuna (previously 6.75 kuna), and the maximum price for blue diesel, or gas oil dyed blue, has been set by the Ministry at 6.28 kuna, which is one lipa lower than the previous 6.29 kuna.

In addition to the derivatives for which the Ministry has determined and published the highest retail prices for the next 15 days, oil companies can also offer derivatives with added multifunctional additives at their gas stations, for which they can freely determine the premium, and therefore may have a higher price than that set by the relevant Ministry.

However, in that case, they must also allow customers to purchase individual derivatives without added additives, and at gas stations where this option is not available, oil companies must have a retail price that is equal to or lower than the price published by the Ministry for that petroleum derivative, as stipulated by the Regulation on the Determination of Maximum Retail Prices of Petroleum Derivatives.

According to the Regulation, price changes primarily depend on the movement of petroleum derivative prices in the Mediterranean market and the exchange rate of the US dollar. The maximum allowed change in the highest retail price is three percent in the case of an increase and a maximum of six percent in the case of a price decrease.

With derivatives with added additives, oil companies at highway stations can freely determine the premium, thus having slightly higher prices than the maximum prices set by the Ministry.

Therefore, it is best for drivers to check the websites of individual companies to see which derivatives they have and at what price, as the Regulation obliges oil companies to publish currently valid prices of derivatives on their websites.