The price of gasoline has risen since the war in Iran began. Both diesel and gasoline are more expensive and in the service stations It is becoming more and more difficult to fill the tank. This trend is seen not only in Spain but in countries like France where experts have already warned that drivers can expect at least six months with the price through the roof.
Michel Edouard Leclerc, president of the E.Leclerc distribution group, explained in Liberation that fuel prices are not going to drop immediately and that in the best case scenario the current escalation could last “for at least six months, until winter.” The reason is the instability of the international market. “It won’t go down immediately but when it does I hope it will be consistently because now it’s like a yo-yo.”
And in the neighboring country, gasoline price changes occur daily, with fluctuations of up to 60 cents per liter per week. These movements do not appear only in the fuel, but in its derivatives. “We talk about a liter of gasoline but in reality it is oil from which diesel or kerosene is obtained, so it also affects secondary markets.”
“The price of gasoline will not be like before the conflict in Iran”
Energy expert Carlos Cagigal has assured during an intervention on the La Sexta Xplica program that gasoline prices are going to go down, but not as much as before the war in Iran. “Going back to that is very complicated.” The presenter asked the expert, who is one of the members of the Valcarce Group, which has service stations throughout Spain, why the progressive drop in barrel prices is not transferred to prices and the rise was seen so quickly.
“Those who set the sales price at the gas stations are the suppliers, they raise or lower as they see fit.” “Us We have a margin that is what we apply“If we buy more expensive, we sell more expensive and if we buy cheaper, we sell cheaper,” he said.
“If we buy at 1, we sell at 1.10 and if we buy at 1.30 we sell at 1.40 euros… it is always the same margin, the one who sets our price is the supplier.”
José María Camarero: “we will return to a higher stage”
The economist José María Camarero has also made his opinion clear, ensuring that taking into account the data from other wars, it is seen that “we are returning to a higher scenario than what existed before” since “returning to the initial state before February is very complicated, if not impossible.”