Professional diesel will have an additional discount of ten cents, valid for at least the next three months.
The measure was approved by the Council of Ministers, this Thursday, March 19th. António Leitão Amaro, Minister of the Presidency, announced the measure at a press conference.
The price reduction will remain in effect, “for now, for ten months and within a limit of 15 thousand liters of fuel” and is added to the previous discount of six cents, recalls the government member. “With this measure, we will count[theriseinpricesinotherproductsandservices”thatrequirethetransportofpassengersorgoods[asubidadospreçosnoutrosprodutoseserviços”querequeremtransportedepassageirosoumercadorias
At issue is the objective of avoiding “speculative behavior” on the part of the energy industry, due to the increase in prices linked to the war in the Middle East. So far, the executive does not see “situations of abuse of profit margins” at companies.
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