Fuel prices go down in Dominica

gasAs the oil prices continue to drop on the international market, Dominicans will enjoy lower prices in gasoline, diesel, kerosene and cooking gas beginning Friday (today).

The price of gasoline is expected to drop by $1.40 per gallon, according to Director of Trade, Matthan Walter.

Diesel will drop by $1.29 per gallon.

There also will be lower prices for cooking gas and kerosene (See table below).

Further decreases are expected as oil prices continue to tumble.

Walter told told Dominica News Online that the price decrease is good news for consumers on the island.

“At the moment it (oil price) is below US $50 per barrel. Taking that into consideration and seeing that we use posted prices from Houston and the Gulf Coast, it is the expectation that the prices of fuel will continue to decrease,” he said. “It is always good for the consumers when the price of fuel goes down. For the person who uses the road, those who travel long distances, the bus drivers and who have to take gas all the time it is a very good thing for them.”

He further stated the news is also good for housewives, restauranteurs and all those who depend heavily of fuel for daily activities.

Gasoline

Was- $12.82 per gallon

Now- $11.42 per gallon

Reduced by -$1.40 per gallon

Diesel

Was-$12.33 per gallon

Now-$11.04 per gallon

Reduced by-$1.29 per gallon

Kerosene

Was-$ 10.99 per gallon

Now-$ 9.76 per gallon

Reduced by-$ 1.23 per gallon

Cooking gas

20 lbs

Was $29.41

Now $26.28

Reduced by $3.21

27.5 lbs

Was- $ 40.17

Now -$ 35.77

Reduced by $4.40

30 lbs

Was-$ 43.73

Now-$ 38.93

Reduced by $4.80

100 lbs

Was-$ 142.43

Now-$ 126.42

Reduced by $16.21

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77 Comments

  1. The Facts
    January 11, 2015

    Was it in May last year or before that the cost of fuel in D/ca was high and everyone was complaining? Check DNO’s archives. Now it is decreased some are still complaining and want it less with one insulting me for what I stated.
    The retailers have to live and make a profit for their business. Grin and bear it that the cost is now less and cease blaming the government.
    I am more broadminded, realistic and understanding than some of you. Little Titiwi does not know more than I. I am not dependent on the government. I am independent. I have paid taxes in this country. I did not come here to sit down.
    Some of you like to be rudely personal by throwing words at those whom you do not know. There is a lot I can say about certain people but I mind my own business. Therefore, mind your own business. God knows you have more to mind. The more you insult people, the more you heap burning coals on your head. No Heaven for you, you little person. :twisted: :mrgreen:…

    • Peter Potter
      January 13, 2015

      What’s your name if I may ask? Your initials are not by any chance RS?

  2. Annon
    January 11, 2015

    It’s about time it went down. What really needs to go down ARE the CUSTOM DUTIES to help STIMULATE the Dominican economy. The gov’t would stand to benefit greatly from the economic activity such a move would generate.

  3. Alston
    January 11, 2015

    On St. Thomas a gallon of gas is around $4.75 US and has not decreased since the drop in international oil prices. And neither the people, government nor the retailers are saying or doing a bloody thing about it. People here are very passive and doltish.

    At least Dominicans have seen a decrease.

  4. Titiwi
    January 11, 2015

    Facts, has anyone ever told you that you are insufferable? I sure would not want to end up in the same Heaven with you because that would be Hell!

    • The Facts
      January 11, 2015

      For one, you do not know who I am neither do I know who you are. I do not want to know you.
      Your comments are foolish, making you a foolish person to state such insensible words. They make no sense. How do you know you will get to Heaven? Some of you are too presumptuous when your words depict ungodliness.
      Heaven is reserved for only the holy and pure of heart, those who have respect for others and treat them in likewise manner. Our Lord taught love; not hatred. If you hate and cannot respect others on this earth, considering the Christian teaching, you will never make it to Heaven. When you die you will know. Therefore keep your idle talk to yourself and away from this Website. It does no good to anyone; is not educating. You are crude and rude. Judge not that you will not be judged two-fold.
      It eats you up, you cannot stand educated writing. :twisted: :mrgreen: :twisted: :mrgreen: :twisted: :mrgreen: :twisted: :mrgreen: :twisted: :mrgreen: :twisted:

  5. hello
    January 9, 2015

    The price should still be lower, Government is making a profit here. We at be at about $9 /gallon.

    • hello
      January 9, 2015

      Correction: We should be paying at least $9 per gallon.

      • Titiwi
        January 10, 2015

        Surely you mean “maximum” and not “at least”?

  6. loo
    January 9, 2015

    ok then….so I am going to wait to full my tank tomorrow…..looking forward to cheaper rate….price should be at least $6.00 no more

  7. Dno staff h8 me
    January 9, 2015

    YAYY! :lol: Oh wait… I don’t even have a car. *Shrugs*

    • Titiwi
      January 11, 2015

      I guess you have no electricity from Domlec either? The more Domlec have to pay for their fuel the higher your bill.

  8. BEB
    January 9, 2015

    After the Gulf War, every thing skyrocketed .When oil was selling on the open market at $50.00 a barrel , at one stage oil went up to be selling at $100.00, food stuffs , clothing, utility bills, Air line tickets, rental appts. don’t even talk about vehicles,this would include bus fares, building materials, electrical appliances , the provisions and vegetables in the market, everything went up out off control, every one blaming this on the hike of the price of petrol. In the outside world even the corn the farmers uses to feed the cows skyrocketed. so one could imagine .
    Govt, subsidize the fishermen in DA with engines and boats, this did not deter them from selling their fish for $10.00 & $11.00 a lb.
    Look at the equation now from as high as $100.00 to $50.00 a barrel, petrol should not be selling more than $8.00 a gallon. Will we be seeing a decrease in those basic items and utility bills as we are seeing a little less for petrol now? I’m watching and waiting.

    • Markey
      January 11, 2015

      I do support the point you have made that the cost of fuel should be much lower than what is posted by government. The exercised which need to be done is to work out the co-relationship of the price of oil when it was over US$100.00/barrel and the retail price then, and at US$50.00 per barrel and the current price. The world price of oil has reduced by more than 50% and assume that all the related fixed cost increased very slightly and including shipping cost the price of fuel should be less than EC$8.00 per gallon. What appear to be coming is that the government is collecting a higher percentage on the present cost of fuel and taking advantage of the situation. I will attempt to do the co relation exercise and publish it in the newspapers.

  9. mornepatat
    January 9, 2015

    It is time for some relief. Let us see it at the GAS PUMPS. Stop the squeeze

  10. Tony
    January 9, 2015

    Well when are commuters going to reap the benefit? Especially for Roseau valley residents where cost/mile travel is double that of other commuters within 15 miles from Roseau. Roseau to Trafalgar 4.5 km (or about 3 miles) is $3.5. Roseau to Mahaut 12 km is $ 2.50.

    Oh and how are we benefiting from better pricing from the Petro caribe agreement
    Or are we?

  11. anonymous2
    January 9, 2015

    It’s about time. DA is 2 months behind on this. Enjoy it while it lasts.

  12. Thor
    January 9, 2015

    What is it about Dominicans that they keep making direct comparison between what happens in the US and what happens in Dominica.

    Just because the price of gas is $1.95 in Tampa does not mean the price of gas will be $6.50 EC in Dominica. The economies of scale in Tampa and for that matter Florida and the neighbouring states is a million times larger than Dominica’s.

    I work in an environment where scale matters and when you produce small batches of produce the cost is astronomically higher than small quantity orders.

    You can make a relative comparison, but don’t make a direct one. It makes no sense.

  13. AA
    January 9, 2015

    Can you all remember when fuel price was $50 a barrell on the world market and the price at the pumps here was no more than six dollars? why cant it be so again? why does government have to take so much taxes on the price of a gallon of gas? AND MORE IMPORTANTLY WHY ISNT THE BUILD UP OF THE PRICE PUBLISHED, WHAT ARE THEY HIDING FROM THE PUBLIC?

    • The Facts
      January 9, 2015

      Are you aware what is imported always cost more? It is said, buy local but local items cost a lot more. Be satisfied and thank God.

  14. Nono
    January 9, 2015

    This is extremely high. In Tampa Florida, the price is $1.95 per gallon. The government must do better. Drop the price to $7.00 a gallon. Come on you Dominicans must be more assertive than that.

    • anonymous2
      January 9, 2015

      DA gets its petroleum from Venezuela where the price is set. Florida is a state that usually has lower prices on gas compared to other coastal states, especially the west coast.

    • January 9, 2015

      Especially since the whole point of PetroCaribe was to have favourable prices. Why should gasoline be twice what it is in the U.S., which also imports petrol from the U.S.?

      • January 9, 2015

        Sorry, I mean from Venezuela, of course.

      • The Facts
        January 10, 2015

        While the cost of fuel has also decreased in Canada, for now anyway, the same situation exists here or close to it and for other items.
        The Federal Government has issued a directive for Canadian Radio and Telecommunications – CRTC, a department of it, to investigate why Canadians pay so much more than the US.

    • The Facts
      January 9, 2015

      You cannot compare US cost, the American dollars to that of Dominica, EC currency. Do not expect the cost in Dominica to decrease any more. You must consider that it is imported and the distributors expense. When fuel decreases they lose funds.

      • Titiwi
        January 10, 2015

        Lady you are daft. The exchange rate of the E.CS.$. to the U.S..C.$. is fixed at 2.71 and has been for a long time so it is easy to make a direct comparison. You don’t need a degree to figure that.

  15. lovely
    January 9, 2015

    While the price of gas dropping in the U.S.A at a very low rate of $1.95 per gallon. we in the USVI still struggling of the high price of gasoline which is still $3 and change U.S per gallon which is ridiculous.St.Thomas even worse than St.Croix .I think over here the Arabs and government are playing monopoly with the gas here in the U.S.V.I , and residents are still paying ridiculous electricity bills it’s a crazy world out here.so Dominicans hold tight and be courageous because we all out here feeling the blows too.

    • The Facts
      January 9, 2015

      Same as in Canada. Cities pay less in comparison to towns and remote areas in this country. Consider the cost of transporting them. The overall cost is built-in.
      I was shocked to read about the price of milk and other grocery items in the Canadian Northern Territory and similar areas, about four times the cost of what we pay in the city. I could never reside there. I do not know how the people survive. Of course, the government subsidizes some of their costs. Nevertheless, grocery and other items are expensive. Consider fuel. They do have to lobby the government for assistance.
      People must be thankful for what they have. If only they knew what others pay in comparison to what they pay. Consider if the price escalated and if there was no fuel. Let us thank God for small mercies and even bigger ones. It could have been worst.

  16. Gas
    January 9, 2015

    This is no where near what it should be. Fuel should be at least $8.25. Somebody hoarding the profits for a rainy day.

    • The Facts
      January 9, 2015

      You must be the manufacturer, and the distributors to dictate the cost for customers.

  17. Concerned
    January 9, 2015

    I hope Domlec sees the decrease as fitting!

    • Titiwi
      January 9, 2015

      Fitting for Ali Baba and his karants you mean?

  18. texan
    January 9, 2015

    It’s a start.be grateful

  19. grell
    January 9, 2015

    The gas price is still ridiculously high.COMPLETE RIPOOF BUT THIS IS WHA YOU FOOLS VOTED FOR.

  20. Trolol
    January 9, 2015

    Skerrit lowering down the gas prices on a global scale, see what a magnificant leader we have?! ALL HAIL O MIGHTY SKERRIT! :-o :-o

    • The Facts
      January 10, 2015

      I did not expect the price of gas to decrease in Dominica. For Dominica, they are fortunate.

  21. awaiting ur response
    January 9, 2015

    $12.81 is almost $5.00 US where prices are below $2.00 in many areas. Avg national rice is about 2.20 I watch American TV. I know about the element of Economy of scale but Gov’t runs Petrocarib why are the prices doubled. what does Barbs & Anonymous think about this topcic?

  22. Ms. Educator
    January 9, 2015

    Mr. Walter talking like is a favour they doing Dominicans…gasoline prices should be under $10.00 by now. Why did it take so long to drop??

    What happen, all you thinking people not following international news nuh?

    Stupes!

  23. chacha
    January 9, 2015

    makes me wonder why they really increase cost of bread.

    • Titiwi
      January 10, 2015

      I think it is because it is that St. Vincent and Dexia have a monopoly on the importation of flour. I’m sure that if we could import the flour direct from Canada or U.S.A. our bread could be cheaper and taste better.

      • The Facts
        January 11, 2015

        You must learn to have respect for people and especially if you do not know them. Accord people their freedom of right and speech as you expect of them – The Golden Rule. Your comment below is out of place. Someday you will pay for your words and sooner than you expect.
        You plan to go to Heaven? Change your overall attitude and become godlike in your words. If you depict this to those whom you do not know, consider your disrespectful attitude to those whom you know. Now is the time to commence a change of heart and words before it is too late. God rewards the good and punishes the wicked and evil words. Do not place a curse on you. I do think you already have done just that. By not being nice this is what you bring on yourself. You lack godly virtues. Take note.
        Do not use this Website to spew your evil words which generate from your heart, brains and mind and throw them at others. Be ladylike/gentlemanly. DNO should not allow your type of words. :twisted: :mrgreen

    • The Facts
      January 10, 2015

      Make your own bread. It is simple. I have been doing that for a while, making various delicious breads for the family. I also give as gifts/tokens to friends and others also for the Church bazaar and other church-fundraising events. They love the breads and always ask me to do them. I told the organizers I should open a store. :lol:
      Anything possible I can make, I make. :) As an example, my own salad dressing, various ones, tomato ketchup/sauce, mayonnaise, mustard, dijon mustard, smoothies, etc. I saw some recipes for making different cheese, cottage cheese, almond and buttermilk. Those recipes are numerous. Just Google them.
      I recognize that it is time-consuming but I love to make them and know what is in them and what I eat.
      Without exalting myself, whenever I meet some people especially whom I have not seen for a while and vice versa, I am told how well I look – my face, clear and smooth. It is not what we wear but what we eat; what goes into the stomach.

      • Titiwi
        January 11, 2015

        I making my own bread Facts, not relying on handouts from government, know what I mean?

      • Peter Potter
        January 13, 2015

        Well bully for you!!! Do us all a favour and post all you ‘wisdom’ in your local church paper. Dominica needs people like you like a bullet in the head – happy with everything this government dishes out and happy to stand still just for a quiet life. Go back to Canada or wherever you come from and bake as much bread as you like. We, have got a country to bring into the 21st century!

  24. eyes open wide
    January 9, 2015

    ok domlec i waitiing for u, let me see wat u will say now. :-P if i will see a difference in my bill hmmmmmmmm

  25. joe
    January 9, 2015

    Labour ka twavay…lol!!!!!

    • The Facts
      January 10, 2015

      Joe, I love those words. They always make me laugh, with joy. This is the motto of the Dominica Labour Party, a good one. .:lol: :lol: :lol:

  26. Sam
    January 9, 2015

    I hope that BUS DRIVERS or the powers that be in Dominica will also consider reducing the cost of BUS FEES so that the passenger will enjoy the reduction in his wallet. If you will recall Bus Drivers got an increase in bus fairs due to the raising oil prices. Now that it is going down it should also reflect all the same.

    • Sam
      January 9, 2015

      In addition, I also would like to see that Domlec “Dominica Electricity Services Ltd” should/must also reduce the electricity supply to consumers.

  27. DonK
    January 9, 2015

    Does this FINALLY mean the price of fish will go back down from $9 – $10 back to $3 – $6…?!! Or will those greedy fishermen keep the price the same no caring about their fellow countryman until the Chinese take over the whole industry with their trawler fishing?

  28. JoJo
    January 9, 2015

    To this day I don’t understand why the government must have a monopoly on the price of fuel for our vehicles. They should foster competition amongst the various suppliers, like they do in the U.S.A. and Europe for the benefit of the consumers. Maybe they are afraid to disturb the profit their Dominica National Petroleum company is making on the sale of fuel from Petro Caribe?

    • Thor
      January 9, 2015

      Have you looked at the population of Dominica lately. How many companies do you think are clamouring to set up shop in Dominica?
      Given the size of the market, some government intervention, if done properly cannot hurt. If you have one or two dominant players, there is a good chance of collusion. I can tell you the government would have a tougher time proving collusion in a court of law.

    • Tell it like it is
      January 9, 2015

      Some people don´t research and get correct information before the make stupid comments on DNO. The Price of fuel is controlled by OPEC! Please go read up on the process!

      • Malgraysa
        January 10, 2015

        – Dominica does not buy crude oil
        – the prices we are charged for distilled fuel by PDV are not controlled by Opec.

        Just like the prices of fuel in Venezuela is not controlled by Opec but by the Venezuelan govt. the retail prices in Dominica are controlled by the govt. of Dominica and a large part of the profits retained by them through their 100% state owned Dominica National Petroleum Company, incorporated in 2005 with Reginald Austrie as its CEO. If Opec controlled our retail prices there would be no point in Venezuela, i.e Chavez giving us a special deal under the Petrocarib arrangement.

    • Jay prosper
      January 9, 2015

      Really? And because there is only one gas station that serves Carib reserve to petit soufrierre, the owner can sell the gas for $20 because we driver will not have a choice. Don’t cpare the U.S. to Dominica. How many consumers does the U.S. have as compared to Dominica.

      • Titiwi
        January 11, 2015

        Carcon, it costs more to deliver fuel to that station, same thing for Marigot and Portsmouth. If you want government controlled prices fine but see what happened with that in Venezuela. They brokes.

    • PS
      January 9, 2015

      JoJo, I think you touched a very sensitive spot there!

  29. Boy
    January 9, 2015

    I expected a lower drop than that. But it is a start. Need to see the drop even more and the resulting lowering of prices on other goods and services affected by the price of fuel to follow. Let’s be hopeful.

    • derp
      January 9, 2015

      well not too long ago, actually last year gas prices was $17+ looking at it now it has dropped alot, haven’t seen such low prices inawhile, we are benefiting from the gas wars the other countries are having against America :D

    • The Facts
      January 9, 2015

      You are all the way in Dominica. Consider how far the fuel has to travel to reach Dominica and the cost of it. What do you expect?

      • Malgraysa
        January 10, 2015

        I think you better stick to religion! The distance from Trinidad is not more than 330 miles and Venezuela not much further either. Fuel comes to Dominica by ship from either source and is directly off loaded at bulk storage terminals, right next to the sea that have their own gas stations in the same location in the case of Rockaway, within the vicinity of Roseau. This does away with the need to transport it further inland by expensive road tankers. Yes, gas could be cheaper in Roseau than it is in Portsmouth, just like there is a difference in price in the U.S.A. depending on where you live and the presence- or absence of competition. The government in Dominica makes sure there is no competition so one may say that customers filling up their tank at Rockaway are subsidising those in Portsmouth.

      • The Facts
        January 10, 2015

        Malgraysa and others who object to what I stated. You have your views and I respect that. Respect mine.
        Whatever, it costs to transport the fuel. Consider all what is involved to do so and the employees who are involved in making this a reality, all the way to the destination in Dominica and to customers. They have to be paid.
        I know exactly what I stated. I think. Put on your thinking cap and give this a thought. You are thinking only of yourself and what you pay. Consider the distributors who must make a profit from the sale of fuel. Otherwise, they better close shop.
        We complain about the high cost of items as well but there is nothing we can do about it. It gives us something to talk about, I suppose.
        People take advantage of sales and decrease in cost as fuel and are grateful. Do likewise and thank God. The cost will not always be decreased and remain the same. Be thankful for now that it is decreased.

  30. dreamer
    January 9, 2015

    now I’m waiting for a drop in bus fare…

  31. Peter Potter
    January 9, 2015

    The fuel prices should be even lower than that. The calculation is a fairly simple one. Prices in autumn stood at around ec$ 14.50 per gallon. Since that time the crude oil price has more than halved, which means that the prices at the pump should have broadly speaking halved as well, i.e. Ec$ 7.25 per gallon. Of course there some other minor factors that would need to be taken into consideration. All considered the pump price should be around EC$ 8.50 per gallon right now. So the question to the government, where is the rest of the savings?

    • Peter Potter
      January 9, 2015

      Oh, I forgot to ask about the fuel surcharge that Domlec charges us. I suspect they will keep on charging it to make a real fat profit this year at the expense of their long suffering customers.

      • Johhny
        January 9, 2015

        I guess ure not a paying domlec customer because there has been a considerable decrease in my bill due to reduction in fuel…my monthly bill moved from $350 average to now $220 that’s a saving of over $100.. At first I thought it was a mistake but I’m happy for the consideration of Domlec.

    • Ba Yo Bwa
      January 9, 2015

      Couldn’t agree with you more. One has to conclude that, quite apart from the arguments being put forward by government about having no control over the fluctuating prices on the world market, it is government’s markup which makes the price of fuel so high in the country. Like you, I believe that the price at the pump should correlate with the trading price, more or less. Funny how a rise in the trading of this commodity almost certainly and immediately results in a spike in consumer prices at the gas station. You would think the converse would be automatic.

      Not in DA! Who is watching out for the little man? That’s the question. Time for a Consumer Watch Agency to advocate for us malaway.

    • Calibishie Warrior
      January 9, 2015

      The price of gasoline covers the overhead to sell it to you (that has not dropped), the taxes on it (that has not … and will not drop as there is no replacement revenue for the exchequer). So how can the percentage drop in the price of crude be reflected exactly at the pump? .. Basic Maths..

    • BRAIN DAMAGE
      January 10, 2015

      Peter Potter, every one seems to be happy for the reduction of gas price, excepting 9 thumbs down.
      Me wander why? Oh, you accuse de government of saving the savings.

  32. Fanatic
    January 9, 2015

    See what Skerrit do, gas prices going down, mister killing us, lol, well I liming to sunset bay tomorrow, and on Sunday Cabrits

  33. January 9, 2015

    What taking you guys so long to drop fuel prices, it has been dropping for two months , I was paying us$2.85 two months ago now I’m us $1.79 . It still high in Dominica but it is a good drop I hope it drop some more.

    • The Facts
      January 10, 2015

      The islands are obviously last to know and to effect a decrease. Dominicans are still fortunate.

  34. Thor
    January 9, 2015

    Frankly the price is well north of where it needs to be. From last summer, the price of fuel has dropped about 33% where I live. The price of fuel should be closer to $10/gallon in Dominica.

  35. A
    January 9, 2015

    I HOPE The cookn gas prices will now be reflected in shops all across the island

    • A
      January 9, 2015

      who would dislike such a comment must be one of those greedy shop keepers who plan on keeping their cookn gas prices just as it is

      • The Facts
        January 10, 2015

        These are to be considered. They are a third party. How much is their gas decreased? How much profit can they make from decreasing theirs? I am certain those shop owners barely make it.

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