The Azorean executive justifies the adjustment in the maximum retail price with the “recent variations in the international market for reference prices of petroleum and energy products”.

From January 1st (Thursday), the price of road diesel in the Azores will be set at €1.474 per litre, representing an increase of 2.5 cents.

The price of coloured diesel for agriculture and fishing, defined in another decree, will also increase by 2.5 cents per litre at the beginning of the year.

The price of coloured and marked diesel used in agriculture will now be €1.103 per litre, while the price of coloured and marked diesel used in fishing will be set at €0.913 per litre.

The price of unleaded 95-octane petrol is set at €1.620 per litre in the archipelago, 0.2 cents less than in December (€1.622).

Butane gas, which has been subject to monthly updates this year, also registered a decrease of 0.2 cents per kilogram in January.

Butane gas sold to the public at the retailer's establishment, in cylinders of 26 litres or more, will cost €1.687 per kilogram, and that sold in 24-litre cylinders made of lightweight materials (up to eight kilograms of containers), €1.883 per kilogram.

Piped butane gas costs €1.687 per kilogram and bulk butane gas costs €1.284 per kilogram.

The maximum prices of petroleum and energy products in the Azores are "changed on the 1st of each month and in amounts equivalent to the variation in the monthly European Price (PE) value".