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Egypt introduces price index for fuel linked to oil prices
CAIRO – Egypt has created a new automatic price index mechanism for 95-octane gasoline as part of a reform program aimed at reviving the country’s economy.
The official Gazette has published a decision to establish a technical committee to review the pricing mechanism on 95-octane gasoline every three months this year. The move aims to link gasoline prices to global oil prices.
The state-run al-Ahram daily newspaper quoted Oil Ministry spokesman Hamdy Abdel-Aziz as saying that the new mechanism will start in April and that 92-octane and 80-octane gasoline will not be affected.
The move came as part of an economic reform program aimed at qualifying for a $12 billion bailout loan from the IMF, which Egypt secured in 2016.
Egypt raised fuel prices by up to 50 per cent since 2014.
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