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|Fuel Price Country=Uganda
 
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|Fuel Pricing Policies=The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development is supervisor for the whole petroleum sector, including the downstream sector which is privatized and liberal in Uganda. Fuel prices are deregulated. The main licensed oil companies are Shell, Total, CALTEX and EMPEX, which had a 73% share of the downstream market in 2008. The government tries to motivate more companies to enter this market to improve competitiveness and lower prices.
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The Ministry publishs annual reports covering fuel issues in the chapter "Petroleum Supply and Distribution (Downstream)" (http://www.energyandminerals.go.ug/uploads/reports/JSR_REPORT.pdf). Information about the price composition (taxation/subsidies/import prices) are  missing.
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Uganda is very dependent on fuels imported via Kenya. Uganda is often facing fuel shortages due to supply logistics problems, leading to very high fuel prices and black markets (→Annex A1).
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|Fuel Currency=UGX
 
|Fuel Currency=UGX
 
|Fuel Price Exchange Rate=2254.5
 
|Fuel Price Exchange Rate=2254.5
 
|Fuel Price Exchange Rate Date=2010/11/17
 
|Fuel Price Exchange Rate Date=2010/11/17
|Fuel Price Last Updated=
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|Fuel Price Composition Annotation=According to the annual report for 2012 of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development import duties of 820 and 530 shillings per liter for petrol and diesel respectivel apply (http://www.energyandminerals.go.ug/uploads/reports/JSR_REPORT.pdf).
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|Fuel Price Composition Annotation=According to the annual report for 2008 of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (→Annex A2), there are import duties on liquid fuels.
 
  
Official, precise and up-to-date information is missing.
 
|Fuel Pricing Policies=The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development is supervisor for the whole petroleum sector, including the downstream sector which is privatized and liberal in Uganda. The main licensed oil companies are Shell, Total, CALTEX and EMPEX, which had a 73% share of the downstream market in 2008. The government tries to motivate more companies to enter this market to improve competitiveness and lower prices.
 
  
The Ministry used to publish annual reports, including fuel issues. However, the last annual report found on their website is of 2008 (→Annex A2). Statistics/monitoring of actual pump prices and information about the price composition (taxation/subsidies/import prices) are also missing.
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|Fuel Matrix Pricing Mechanism=3
 
 
Uganda is very dependent on fuels imported from Kenya. Uganda is often facing fuel shortages due to supply logistics problems, leading to very high fuel prices and black markets (→Annex A1). There are pipeline projects going on, to reduce the risk of fuel shortages.
 
 
 
A lot of statistics are published containing aggregated values, e.g. the summed-up consumption per year of several fuel types and other energy types.
 
 
|Fuel Matrix Price Level=3.5
 
|Fuel Matrix Price Level=3.5
|Fuel Matrix Pricing Mechanism=3
 
 
|Fuel Matrix Annotation=Only partial and out-dated information could be found on the ministries website. Monitoring of pump prices is missing.
 
|Fuel Matrix Annotation=Only partial and out-dated information could be found on the ministries website. Monitoring of pump prices is missing.
 
|Fuel Transparency Price Composition=2
 
|Fuel Transparency Price Composition=2
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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.energyandminerals.go.ug/
 
|Fuel Price Factsheet Source Link=http://www.energyandminerals.go.ug/
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{{Fuel Price Factsheet Source
 
|Fuel Price Factsheet Source Type=Other Information
 
|Fuel Price Factsheet Source Link=http://www.energyandminerals.go.ug/annual.php
 
|Fuel Price Factsheet Source Annotation=Annual Reports
 
 
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Revision as of 21:11, 8 February 2013

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

Fuel Pricing Policies

Local Currency: UGX
Exchange Rate: 2254.5


(2010/11/17)

Last Update:

The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development is supervisor for the whole petroleum sector, including the downstream sector which is privatized and liberal in Uganda. Fuel prices are deregulated. The main licensed oil companies are Shell, Total, CALTEX and EMPEX, which had a 73% share of the downstream market in 2008. The government tries to motivate more companies to enter this market to improve competitiveness and lower prices.

The Ministry publishs annual reports covering fuel issues in the chapter "Petroleum Supply and Distribution (Downstream)" (http://www.energyandminerals.go.ug/uploads/reports/JSR_REPORT.pdf). Information about the price composition (taxation/subsidies/import prices) are missing.

Uganda is very dependent on fuels imported via Kenya. Uganda is often facing fuel shortages due to supply logistics problems, leading to very high fuel prices and black markets (→Annex A1).

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.



According to the annual report for 2012 of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development import duties of 820 and 530 shillings per liter for petrol and diesel respectivel apply (http://www.energyandminerals.go.ug/uploads/reports/JSR_REPORT.pdf).



At a Glance

Regulation-Price-Matrix
Transparency of
Price Composition
Transparency of Pricing
Mechanism / Monitoring
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Only partial and out-dated information could be found on the ministries website. Monitoring of pump prices is missing.


Sources to the Public

Type of Information Web-Link / Source
Other Information http://www.energyandminerals.go.ug/


Contact

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

This is a living document. If you have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to contact us: Armin.Wagner@giz.de