Since the beginning of 2021, the weekly quotation for AI-80 gasoline increases by 63.2%

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Since the beginning of 2021, the weekly quotation for AI-80 gasoline has increased by 63.2% - from 5.7 million soums to 9.3 million soums per ton. This was reported by the press service of the Uzbek Republican Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange.

The exchange notes that a significant part of this brand of gasoline or 84% falls on the share of the Bukhara oil refinery.

During the period under review, the starting cost of this brand of gasoline increased by an average of 70 percent and amounted to 10 million soums per ton.

As a result of the open exchange trades, the difference between the starting and exchange prices did not exceed 1% on average. In other words, during the exchange trading, gasoline was sold practically at its starting price.

At the same time, the rise in prices is also observed on world exchanges. Thus, the world price for Brent crude oil increased by an average of 60-70 percent over the current year.