At 24:00 on March 23,Domestic retail price limits for refined oil products will usher in the sixth round of price adjustments this year. Affected by the high international crude oil prices, this round of increases has been significant. No. 92 gasoline is expected to fully enter the "9 yuan era." On the eve of the price adjustment, market regulatory authorities in many places across the country issued intensive reminders and warnings, clearly requiring refined oil operators to strictly prohibit abnormal hoarding of oil products, resolutely put an end to all types of price violations, and make every effort to maintain market price stability.
This regulatory effort is focused on targeting hoarding, price gouging and other chaos that may occur in anticipation of rising oil prices.
Municipal supervisory bureaus in Jixi, Suihua, Wuyishan, Leshan and other places require that operating entities must strictly implement the national maximum retail price limit and clear price regulations for refined oil products, and are not allowed to charge additional fees in addition to the price, and are not allowed to increase prices in advance or in disguise without authorization.
At the same time, it is strictly prohibited to collude with price increases, fabricate and spread price increase information, maliciously hoard oil to push up prices, and do not dump at low prices with the purpose of squeezing out competitors, or use false discounts, price comparisons and other means to defraud consumers.
Regulatory authorities emphasized that all refined oil business units must immediately carry out self-examination and self-correction to standardize pricing and sales practices.
The market supervision department will intensify inspections, severely punish price-violating cases that refuse to make corrections and have serious circumstances, and publicly expose them in accordance with the law, so as to effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers and the smooth operation of the market.
If citizens find price violations, they can save evidence and report them through the 12315 hotline.
According to estimates, the retail price limit of this round of refined oil products has been raised by about 2,200 yuan/ton, which translates into a price increase of about 1.73 yuan, 1.83 yuan, and 1.87 yuan per liter for No. 92 gasoline, No. 95 gasoline, and No. 0 diesel. Private car owners will spend about 86.5 yuan more to fill a 50-liter box of No. 92 gasoline.
This round of price increases is mainly affected by factors such as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, tighter international crude oil supply, and high oil prices. Crude oil prices will remain strong in the short term.
