Fuel Prices Taiwan

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Part of: GIZ International Fuel Price database


Fuel Pricing Policies

Local Currency: TWD
Exchange Rate: 30.24


Last Update:

The state-run CPC Corporation is the major refining and retailing company in Taiwan. Prices are set by CPC in consultation with the Taiwan government through the Bureau of Energy (subdivision of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (http://www.moeaboe.gov.tw). On the CPC website (http://www.cpc.com.tw/), fuel prices are published (only in chinese language).

The ministry publishes the „Petroleum Administration Act“ (→App. A2), which is a legal framework for both upstream and downstream activities. It says, that in times of „emergency periods“, the government has always the power to completely regulate the fuel market. The Ministry also pbuilishes quarterly energy statistics, including fuel prices. Detailed information on fuel price composition could not yet be found on the internet. From the price level it can be assumed, that there are (almost) no taxes on fuels in Taiwan.

An internet article states (→App. A1), that, according to CPC, there is some mechanism to flatten out volatile world market prices, i.e., in times of high import prices CPC makes losses and vice versa. As of early 2011, it is stated, that the selling price was below the costs for a longer period. Thus, in fact fuels were being subsidized at that time.

Fuel Prices and Trends

Gasoline 95 Octane Diesel
in USD*

in Local Currency

* benchmark lines: green=US price; grey=price in Spain; red=price of Crude Oil



Fuel Price Composition

Price composition.



No information available, hints welcome!



At a Glance

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Transparency of
Price Composition
Transparency of Pricing
Mechanism / Monitoring
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Sources to the Public

Type of Information Web-Link / Source
Other Information http://www.moeaboe.gov.tw
Pump prices and margins http://www.moeaboe.gov.tw/English/Statistics/EnStatistics.aspx
Pump prices and margins http://www.cpc.com.tw/


Contact

Please find more information on GIZ International Fuel Price Database and http://www.giz.de/fuelprices

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