MOSCOW, November 23. Gasoline and diesel fuel on the St. Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX) continued to fall in price on Thursday, with the rate of decline slowed down compared to the previous trading day, as follows from the trading materials.
The price of AI-92 gasoline according to the territorial index of the European part of Russia on Thursday decreased by 0.34% to 47,500 rubles per ton, AI-95 by 0.51% to 49,866 rubles. Thus, prices returned to the level of mid-April. Then the cost of AI-92 was in the range of 46-48 thousand rubles per ton, and AI-95 — 51-52 thousand. Then prices began to rise at record rates until the end of September.
Summer diesel fuel also fell in price during the trading day: its cost decreased by 0.48%, to 56,217 rubles per ton. Off-season diesel fuel fell in price by 0.18% — to 56,122 rubles per ton, winter — by 0.11%, to 69,226 rubles.
The price of fuel oil at the end of Thursday's trading rose by 5.69% to 17,105 rubles per ton. Liquefied hydrocarbon gases (LPGs) according to the territorial index of the Urals and in Siberia, where the main producers of this type of fuel are located, fell in price by 1.25% — to 30,031 rubles per ton.
Exchange prices for fuel in Russia began to rise in the spring and remained at record levels for several months. Growth rates and retail prices have also accelerated significantly. The Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation introduced a ban on the export of petroleum products from September 21. At the beginning of October, the measures were adjusted, in particular, the ban on the export of diesel fuel through pipelines was lifted for those who supply at least 50% to the domestic market.
Then, on November 17, the Cabinet of Ministers lifted the ban on gasoline exports. A few days later, the government decided to lift the ban on the export of summer diesel fuel due to the saturation of the domestic market. During the restrictions, its reserves in the country increased by 14%, to 3.2 million tons, the Ministry of Energy reported.