Fuel Prices Jordan

Part of: GIZ International Fuel Price database
Also see: Jordan Energy Situation

Fuel Pricing Policies

Local Currency:	JOD
Exchange Rate:	0.703 (2010/11/26)
Last Update:

For a long time Jordan depended on oil supplied from Iraq at preferential prices. After the Iraq war Jordan started reforming its pricing mechanism in 2005 which culminated in the elimination of subsidies on most petroleum products in 2008. A system of monthly price changes has been adopted since 8.2.2008. A committee formed of representatives of the finance, energy and trade ministry as well as the Jordanian Petroleum Refinery Company adjusts the prices based on a formula that follows the changes in the price of Brent crude oil during the previous 30 days. The new prices are announced via the news agency petra and are published on the website of the Ministry of Energy. The applied formula is not public and unclear.

Leaked US State Department cables show that oil-rich Gulf countries sometimes provided Jordan with oil at preferential rates, particularly after the fall of Sadam Hussein.

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.

At a Glance

Regulation-Price-Matrix	Transparency of Price Composition Transparency of Pricing Mechanism / Monitoring

No information available on the specification of the pricing formula applied.

Sources to the Public

Type of Information	Web-Link / Source
Other Information	http://204.180.229.21/external/pubs/ft/wp/2006/wp06247.pdf
Pump prices and margins	http://www.memr.gov.jo/Default.aspx

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