Fuel prices in Ukraine on March 4, after yesterday’s increase amid the war in Iran, rose by another 2–3 UAH per liter per day, according to monitoring of offers from individual chains conducted by the Internet portal Energorforma.
According to the monitoring, A-95 and DP are showing the following growth rates: their prices range from 67.99 UAH/liter to 70.99 UAH/liter. Premium gasoline brands cost from 70.99 UAH/liter to 74.99 UAH/liter, and diesel fuel costs from 71.99 UAH/liter to 75.99 UAH/liter.
As reported, fuel prices also jumped by 2-3 UAH/liter between March 2 and March 3.
For his part, the head of the parliamentary committee on finance, tax, and customs policy, Danylo Getmantsev, noted on his Telegram channel on Wednesday that the jump in fuel prices does not really depend on events in the Middle East, calling on gas station chains not to profit from consumer panic.
“I want to address the representatives of the fuel market… In a country where there is a war going on and half the country is running on generators, a powerful business like yours also has a certain social function that does not allow you to use panic to make super profits. Everyone understands that the jump in prices for the fuel you sell currently has a very limited causal link to the war in Iran, at least given the time lag,“ Getmantsev wrote.
”Come to your senses. Don’t force us to turn to the Antimonopoly Committee,” he added.
Fuel prices (average) as of the morning of March 4 compared to the morning of March 3 (based on the results of Energorforma’s monitoring of websites and network applications*).
It should be noted that not all networks publish prices on their websites and in their applications.
As reported, late in the evening on March 2, Sergey Kuyun, director of the consulting company A-95, predicted that fuel prices in Ukrainian networks could rise by 2-3 UAH per liter during the week amid the war in Iran, but there is no fuel shortage on the market, and none is expected in March.
Dmytro Petrenko, director of development at the UPG group of companies, also noted the absence of a shortage in a comment to Energorforma on Wednesday. According to him, the Ukrainian fuel market is capable of adapting to the most difficult conditions, which will allow it to avoid a shortage of resources amid the war in Iran, and it is too early to make predictions about prices.
