Fuel prices in Tanzania have fallen for the third time in a row, with effect from 2nd November 2022, occasioned by the government’s subsidy program.
Pump prices of diesel for regions that get their imports through the Dar es Salaam Port have gone down by TSh31/litre while importations via Tanga Port have gone down by TSh34/litre.
The new subsidized prices put a litre of petrol in Dar es Salaam at TSh2,886 while that of diesel will be TSh3,052 starting today.
A litre of kerosene will be Sh164 cheaper in the new prices.
The Energy and Water Utilities Regulatory Authority (Ewura) says without the subsidy, the pump price of petrol in Dar es Salaam would have increased by TSh110/litre.
Without subsidies, a litre of petrol in Dar es Salaam would have fetched TSh2,996, while diesel would have been TSh3,197. Residents of Tanga would buy a litre of petrol at TSh2,806, while that of diesel would cost TSh3,074.
If the subsidies were to be dropped, residents of Tanga would buy a litre of diesel for TSh3,223.
Amid rising global fuel prices, precipitated by the Ukraine War, President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s administration announced in May, this year, that it would provide a subsidy of TSh100 billion to reduce fuel prices in the country.
The subsidy programme has since been maintained, making fuel prices cheaper in Tanzania than they are in all other East African Community (EAC) region.
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