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|Fuel Price Country=Cape Verde | |Fuel Price Country=Cape Verde | ||
| + | |Fuel Pricing Policies=The „Agência de Regulação Económica“ (ARE) is in charge of setting maximum fuel prices in Cape Verde. These maximum prices a revised several times a year, usually bi-monthly. Maximum prices are homogenous across the country. Only SHELL and ENACOL are taking part in the petrol market (→App. A2). Those companies are liberal in setting their prices, however having the regulated maximum prices as an upper bound. | ||
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| + | Prices include a considerable VAT for gasoline (45% of import price), while there is only 18% VAT on import price for diesel. Also, a small road maintenance fee is included in both prices, see above. | ||
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| + | On their website, ARE publishes a lot of information about fuel prices and fuel pricing, including a document explaining the pricing formula for petroleum products (→Appendix A1). The document states, that costs for storage, shipping and handling/logistics are estimated using 2007/2008 balance sheets of oil companies that are operating in Cape Verde (→Appendix A2). “Additional Costs” also include some duty for recovering the deficit that accumulated in 2007 and 2008. (Seemingly, fuels were subsidized at that time.) | ||
|Fuel Currency=CVE | |Fuel Currency=CVE | ||
|Fuel Price Exchange Rate=81.701 | |Fuel Price Exchange Rate=81.701 | ||
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|Fuel Price Composition=GIZ_IFP2012_Cape Verde.png | |Fuel Price Composition=GIZ_IFP2012_Cape Verde.png | ||
|Fuel Price Composition Fuel Type=Gasoline 95 Octane | |Fuel Price Composition Fuel Type=Gasoline 95 Octane | ||
|Fuel Price Composition Date=2009/01/21 | |Fuel Price Composition Date=2009/01/21 | ||
|Fuel Price Composition Annotation=Source:http://www.are.cv/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=41&Itemid=99999999 | |Fuel Price Composition Annotation=Source:http://www.are.cv/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=41&Itemid=99999999 | ||
| − | + | *VAT for Diesel is only 18% (equals ~18 US Cents) | |
| − | VAT for Diesel is only 18% (equals ~18 US Cents) | + | *“Other Taxes” seem to be constantly at 7 CVE; includes a road maintenance fee |
| − | + | *“Total Costs and Margins” include those of wholesalers and of retailers (no further information available) | |
| − | “Other Taxes” seem to be constantly at 7 CVE; includes a road maintenance fee | + | |Fuel Matrix Pricing Mechanism=2 |
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| − | “Total Costs and Margins” include those of wholesalers and of retailers (no further information available) | ||
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|Fuel Matrix Price Level=3.5 | |Fuel Matrix Price Level=3.5 | ||
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|Fuel Transparency Price Composition=3 | |Fuel Transparency Price Composition=3 | ||
|Fuel Transparency Pricing Mechanism=3 | |Fuel Transparency Pricing Mechanism=3 | ||
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|Fuel Price Factsheet Source Type=Pump prices and margins | |Fuel Price Factsheet Source Type=Pump prices and margins | ||
|Fuel Price Factsheet Source Link=http://www.are.cv/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=96&Itemid=90 | |Fuel Price Factsheet Source Link=http://www.are.cv/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=96&Itemid=90 | ||
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|Fuel Price Factsheet Source Type=Pricing Mechanism | |Fuel Price Factsheet Source Type=Pricing Mechanism | ||
|Fuel Price Factsheet Source Link=http://www.are.cv/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=49 | |Fuel Price Factsheet Source Link=http://www.are.cv/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=49 | ||
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|Fuel Price Factsheet Source Type=Price Composition | |Fuel Price Factsheet Source Type=Price Composition | ||
|Fuel Price Factsheet Source Link=http://www.are.cv/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=41&Itemid=99999999 | |Fuel Price Factsheet Source Link=http://www.are.cv/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=41&Itemid=99999999 | ||
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|Fuel Price Factsheet Source Type=Other Information | |Fuel Price Factsheet Source Type=Other Information | ||
|Fuel Price Factsheet Source Link=http://www.are.cv/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=76&Itemid=90 | |Fuel Price Factsheet Source Link=http://www.are.cv/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=76&Itemid=90 | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:00, 13 June 2018
Part of: GIZ International Fuel Price database
Fuel Pricing Policies
| Local Currency: | CVE |
| Exchange Rate: | 81.701
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The „Agência de Regulação Económica“ (ARE) is in charge of setting maximum fuel prices in Cape Verde. These maximum prices a revised several times a year, usually bi-monthly. Maximum prices are homogenous across the country. Only SHELL and ENACOL are taking part in the petrol market (→App. A2). Those companies are liberal in setting their prices, however having the regulated maximum prices as an upper bound.
Prices include a considerable VAT for gasoline (45% of import price), while there is only 18% VAT on import price for diesel. Also, a small road maintenance fee is included in both prices, see above.
On their website, ARE publishes a lot of information about fuel prices and fuel pricing, including a document explaining the pricing formula for petroleum products (→Appendix A1). The document states, that costs for storage, shipping and handling/logistics are estimated using 2007/2008 balance sheets of oil companies that are operating in Cape Verde (→Appendix A2). “Additional Costs” also include some duty for recovering the deficit that accumulated in 2007 and 2008. (Seemingly, fuels were subsidized at that time.)
Fuel Prices and Trends
| Gasoline 95 Octane | Diesel | |
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* benchmark lines: green=US price; grey=price in Spain; red=price of Crude Oil
Fuel Price Composition
Price composition for one litre of Gasoline 95 Octane as of 2009/01/21.

Source:http://www.are.cv/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=41&Itemid=99999999
- VAT for Diesel is only 18% (equals ~18 US Cents)
- “Other Taxes” seem to be constantly at 7 CVE; includes a road maintenance fee
- “Total Costs and Margins” include those of wholesalers and of retailers (no further information available)
At a Glance
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Sources to the Public
| Type of Information | Web-Link / Source |
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| Other Information | http://www.are.cv/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=76&Itemid=90 |
| Price Composition | http://www.are.cv/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=41&Itemid=99999999 (A3) |
| Pricing Mechanism | http://www.are.cv/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=49 |
| Pump prices and margins | http://www.are.cv/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=96&Itemid=90 |
Contact
Please find more information on GIZ International Fuel Price Database and http://www.giz.de/fuelprices
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