Petrol prices increase

Petrol prices increased today, seeing consumers having to pay over R13 a litre again. The Department of Energy (DoE) said that this increase was based on both national and international trends.

“International factors include the fact that South Africa imports both crude oil and finished products at a price set by the global markets, including shipping costs,” said the DoE.

Motorists can now expect to pay 47 cents more a litre for both leaded and unleaded petrol.

Paraffin will also go up by 42 cents a litre, with Diesel increasing by 49 cents a litre.

The DoE said that the main reason for the fuel price increase is the high crude oil prices which resulted in higher prices (on average) for all the petroleum products in the international markets in May 2015 compared to April 2015.                                                                                                               
Increase for petroleum products

Product:
Petrol 95 and 93 (ULP & LRP)	47.000	cents per litre increase in retail price
Diesel 0.05%  Sulphur	49.000	cents per litre increase in wholesale price
Diesel 0.005% Sulphur	46.000	cents per litre increase in wholesale price
Illuminating Paraffin (Wholesale)	42.000	cents per litre increase in wholesale price
Illuminating Paraffin (SMNRP)	56.000	c/l increase in the Single Maximum National Retail price (SMNRP)
Maximum Retail Price for LPGAS	100.000	cents per kilogram increase in the maximum retail price

 
Table of petrol prices

Petrol	Inland			Coast
	Unleaded		LRP	Unleaded		LRP
	93	95	93	93	95	95
03 June 2015	R13.08	R13.36	R13.08	R12.82	R12.93	R12.93
06 May 2015	R12.61	R12.89	R12.61	R12.35	R12.46	R12.46
01 April 2015	R12.61	R12.89	R12.61	R12.35	R12.46	R12.46
04 March 2015	R11.05	R11.27	R11.05	R10.81	R10.86	R10.86
04 February 2015	R10.09	R10.31	R10.09	R9.85	R9.90	R9.90
07 January 2015	R11.02	R11.24	R11.02	R10.78	R10.83	R10.83

Source: Automobile Association of South Africa (AA), correct as of 3 June 2015.

Table of diesel prices

Diesel	Reef		Coast
		New		New
	0.05%	0.01%	0.05%	0.01%
03 June 2015	R11.67	R11.70	R11.34	R11.40
06 May 2015	R11.18	R11.24	R10.85	R10.91
01 April 2015	R11.23	R11.29	R10.90	R10.96
04 March 2015	R10.00	R10.05	R9.70	R9.74
04 February 2015	R9.26	R9.31	R8.96	R9.00
07 January 2015	R10.28	R10.33	R9.98	R10.02

Source: Automobile Association of South Africa (AA), correct as of 3 June 2015.