The PPC (Petroleum Pricing Committee)Â has reviewed the prices of petroleum products which were previously updated on the 22th January 2011. The new prices are as follows :
Essence : Rs 51.30/L + Rs2.80 (previously Rs 48.50/L)
Diesel : Rs 43.50/L + Rs3.60 (previously Rs39.90/L)
As you have probably noticed in the above graph (Click to enlarge), the price of L’essence has crossed the Rs50/L bar for the first time ever in Mauritius while Diesel reached Rs51.20 on October 2008. You are on The Web Site which has been monitoring the prices for years. The latest price update on the STC web site is dated few months back (Oct 2010)
As from tomorrow, take care while pushing on the accelerator pedal 😉
Yashvinblogs 
I was expecting this when I saw that the price of petrol in Europe had nearly reached Euro 2/litre !
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Nearly 80% of the vehicles here in France have diesel engines but I have a “essence” car because in the long run it makes me save money. I travel 30 000 kms per year with it and I’m running on 4.5L/100km.
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bah, ‘la goute d’eau qui fait…?’ kinda of sick of all those climbing prices. Big hit on my budget, especially because I have to travel long distances everyday, the basic food rise sucks and it’s close to impossible to save that much cash for the future…
I wonder how people with low earnings manage to live (or survive) with whatever they have.
I’m afraid that any ‘unknown major’ event might trigger and add up to the bunch of the already existing social issues we already have on the island
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There’s one more thing about petrol over the world. Japan is a big fuel importer. It is now undergoing a huge crisis but has the capacity to quickly regenerate. When this happens, Japan will import more petrol, increasing the demand on a low supply. As a result, we will soon be hitting unbelievable petrol rises.
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and as usual no one cares..pff!!!
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le pep moriste tro passif.
bizin dessan lor chemin et faire zot tan nou la voix.
guette ban habitan St Croix. la pli tomber zot “perdi” zot manger zot dessan lor chemin.
resultat: compensation Rs 133 par adulte par jour pou 3 jours.
et zot dire pas assez. zot contigne manifester….
azordi Kalianee Jhurgoo in bizin tire casse depuis so poche si pas Rs80000 par la achete la farine, boite saumon, bouteille de l’huile donne zot…
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are we not paying Mangalore a fixed price for both petrol and diesel? Y does it fluctuate so much then??
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@Pépé Le Beagle:
I always thought diesels were more economical. you run a longer distance on same amount of fuel with diesel.
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@Muzzammil: Distance maximisation actually depends on how you drive. There are some techniques that allow you to run longer distances. For example: shifting your gears around 2000 rotations/minute. Diesel is cheaper for sure but I tested my car over 1 week driving only at 90kms/h (normally you run at 130kms/hr here in France) and the car did go to 600kms on 35l of petrol. I posted on this here: http://banalit.es/586 .
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Kee Cheong Lee Kwong Wing hits (chiffres à l’appui) where it hurts the most: iIt’s clearly a question of passing the hot potato of STC’s incompetence in hedging onto us, that’s what we are being forced to pay for now…
What is most despicable in this is that our political leaders fail to recognise that when fuel prices were high in 2008, all commodity prices went up, but when fuel prices eased down duing the past two years, commodity prices remained high – can anyone explain why?
And who enjoyed and wallowed in such obscenely high prices all these years?
And now all economic operators are wailing and screaming for another adjustment!! Bugger them all!
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@yurit0s:
Wai, samem ki appel short-sighted ha! Couma S.Gobine bien
tappepose quesion la:– ki sa trio madam-la pou faire prochaine koutt ki pou gagne inondation la-bas?
Рprochaine cyclone ki pou gagner, ki bann depit̩ pou faire si tou dimounn nek deklar perte sak koutt ki gagne bann calamit̩ naturelle?
– ek si ti ena election derriere la-porte, eski c’est pas enn bribe electorale déguisée / en avance ça?
En tout cas, li pé backfire lors zott…
Mais, si TOUT Mauriciens decide pou faire pareil sak koutt ki ena moindre ti problem – eski fonctionnaire ti pou vinn plis efficient, plis pro-actif, plis professionnel?
Ayo, TOUT Mauriciens?? Ki mo pé divaguer la: sakenn pou reflessi avant – eski mo zann so névé ki travail dans gouvernment pas pou gagne problem, eski pas pou ‘gagne problem’ si mo cousin pe demande enn building permit, eski moi mo demarche patente pas pou arreter si mo participe la-dans, eski etc, etc… tellement ena vested interests/égoïsme, personne pas pou bouzer!
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@yurit0s:
Wai, samem ki appel short-sighted ha! Couma S.Gobine bien
tappepose question-la:– ki sa trio madam-la pou faire prochaine koutt ki pou gagne inondation la-bas?
Рprochain cyclone ki pou gagner, ki bann depit̩ pou faire si tou dimounn nek deklar perte sak koutt ki gagne bann calamit̩ naturelle?
– ek si ti ena election derriere la-porte, eski c’est pas enn bribe electorale déguisée / en avance ça?
En tout cas, li pé backfire lors zott…
Mais, si TOUT Mauriciens decide pou faire pareil sak koutt ki ena moindre ti problem – eski fonctionnaire ti pou vinn plis efficient, plis pro-actif, plis professionnel?
Ayo, TOUT Mauriciens?? Ki mo pé divaguer la: sakenn pou reflessi avant – eski mo zann so névé ki travail dans gouvernment pas pou gagne problem, eski pas pou ‘gagne problem’ si mo cousin pe demande enn building permit, eski moi mo demarche patente pas pou arreter si mo participe la-dans, eski etc, etc… tellement ena vested interests/égoïsme, personne pas pou bouzer!
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Sorry for the duplication of yesterday: internet connection was very crappy!
I wonder if this attention-seeker will again waste his time trying to convince us that the PPC is still doing a great job…
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