The fuel supply in the country is stable; and Macedonia, despite the price increase, has the cheapest fuel in the region – assures the Minister of Energy, Sanja Bozhinovska. Market inspectors in over 300 inspections have found that all traders have five days of legal operational reserves.
It ensures that state reserves are also stable. The declarations have been that we have enough to cover about 62 days of the needs of citizens and the economy.
"Eurodiesel 138 million 877,053 liters, eurosuper 95, 32,098,680 liters, extra oil for household use EL1, 10,772,342 liters, mazut M1, 5,287,794 kilograms. Since the Oil Reserves Agency (MAKORA) has the obligation, so take the money, they will supply, I have to ask them when they will supply again, this is their regular supply. The daily estimate is about 4,000", declared Bozhinovska.
The Minister assures – if global pressures continue, all mechanisms will be used to protect the standard of living of citizens. There are available reductions in excise duties on fuel up to 4 denars and VAT on the purchase of fuels. Bozhinovska believes that citizens are not harmed by the change in the Regulation of the Energy Regulatory Commission, by which prices are changed once a week on Monday, and not as before – when there were changes on world stock exchanges. She says that so far we have only had one increase.
"The prices are determined by the KRrE. You know, we do not intervene as a minister. However, I asked. This calculation has been introduced since the war with Ukraine. So, this is 2022, before it was on a weekly level and as we followed the prices, the war started on the 28th, and we have only had one increase. This means that citizens, if they look at all the prices, I think they have not been harmed, so so far we have only had one increase in prices," Bozhinovska added.
Otherwise, KRRE on Monday increased fuel prices by an average of 14,27 percent. The price of diesel increased by 14,5 denars, after the barrel on world stock exchanges exceeded 100 dollars. KRRE should announce the new prices on Monday, but what is worrying is that oil prices on world stock exchanges in the last two days again exceeded 100 dollars per barrel, after previously there was a drastic decrease and up to 85 dollars per barrel.
