In the midst of a strike by butane transporters – the strikes will continue on Thursday – today the retail price of the 12.5 kilogram cylinder – the one that everyone knows – It will increase in price to 16.61 euros (4.27%) starting tomorrow. Thus, bottled liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) continues the upward trend that started in September with a rise of 3.85%.
This increase, which is partly seasonal – we are on the verge of winter – and partly due to the rise in raw materials, affects only the 12.5 kilogram cylinderwhich is the only one whose price is not liberalized. According to the consumer organization OCU, 53 of the 68 million butane cylinders consumed in our country are of this type.
It must be remembered that it is the General Directorate of Energy Policy and Mines that reviews the price of the cylinder on the third Tuesday of each month. In addition to the costs of raw materials, to make its calculation the Ministry of Ecological Transition also relies on freight costs and the evolution of the euro against the dollar, factors that in this case have tempered the rise.
The increases in the price of the cylinder, by the way, are limited to 5%, so in this case it would be said that the figure has approached the ceiling. When that happens, they explain from the Ministry’s website, the excess price is not lost, as it is accumulated for application in subsequent reviews.
In the midst of a transport strike
As has already been said, this price increase comes in the middle of a strike by the companies that distribute butane in Spain, which did not provide the service on November 5 and 13 and will not do so on November 21, 29 and 5 , December 11, 17 and 23.
The stoppage affects the six million homes that receive a cylinder regularly in our countrys, with the exception of the areas affected by DANA and educational, health, social care centers, nursing homes, and non-profit institutions, places in which the convening organization, the Spanish Federation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Distributors (Fedglp), will maintain the service.
Distributors protest the prices they receive for their service, which Fedglp assures have remained stable for years despite the inflationary crisis and increases in fuel prices and labor costs. In this context, Fedglp assures, the business has become “unsustainable.”
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