LPG price remains unchanged at Tk121.25 per kg for Jan: BERC
The decision is effective from 6pm today
The price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) will remain unchanged for January.
According to the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC), the LPG price will remain at Tk 121.25 per kg for January as it was in November and December.
The decision will be effective from 6pm today (3 January).
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BERC announced the decision saying that a 12 kg LPG cylinder's price will remain unchanged.
Prices of other sizes of LPG cylinders – from 5.5 kg to 45 kg – will be the same, BERC said at a press briefing at its Dhaka office today.
BERC officials said LPG prices remained unaffected in the local market as Bangladeshi LPG operators normally import their products from the Middle Eastern market on the basis of Saudi CP, which did not change.
As per the BERC decision, the price of "autogas" (LPG used for motor vehicles) also remained at Tk 66.78 per litre (including VAT).
The price of LPG, marketed by state-owned LP Gas Company, will also remain the same as it is locally produced with a market share of less than 5%.
LPG witnessed the highest price at Tk1,498 (per 12 kg cylinder) in the local market in February last year.
