The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has increased the price of petroleum products by K1.20 for petrol and K3.04 for diesel while the price of paraffin has been reduced by 65 ngwee effective midnight today.
The new price for one litre of petrol is K22.74 from K21.54 while that of low sulfur diesel is K26.16 from K23.12 and a litre of kerosene will now cost K16.06 from K16.71.
Jet A-1 fuel will now cost K26.69 per litre from K26.50.
ERB Board Chairperson, Reynolds Bowa announced the adjustment of the pump price of petroleum products at a press briefing in Lusaka today.
Mr. Bowa further announced that the board has also commenced the full regulation of retail price of Jet A -1 at airports, which will be determined by applicable prices on a monthly basis.
He stated that the regulated Jet A-1 price has been set at K20.69 per litre for the month of October,2022.
Mr. Bowa said the regulation on Jet A-1 prices have been necessitated by the need to attain regional competitiveness.
He noted that the changes in the pump prices and the posted airfield price are due to trends in the global petroleum prices and the exchange rate of the United States dollars to the Zambian Kwacha in the period between the last and the current price review.
“Specifically, international oil prices continued to decline due to the global slowdown. This is aimed at concerns of inflationary pressure worldwide, anticipated slowdown of global economic growth and continued fears of global recession,” he explained.
Mr. Bowa further said during the review period, the Zambian Kwacha continued to appreciate mainly due to increased supply of foreign exchange on the market on the backdrop of the continued positive market sentiments following the conclusion of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) package in August 2022.
He explained that since the last price review in August, the Kwacha appreciated month on month by 3.23 percent from an average of K16.12 per United States dollar to K15.60 per United States dollar.
“In September 2022, government issued statutory instrument No.59 on value added tax (VAT) and No.44 of 2022 on customs and excise duty in order to restore taxes on Petroleum products which were revised in January 2021. The taxes which have been restored are excise duty and VAT,” Mr. Bowa said.
The ERB Board Chairperson said the government has restored excise duty from K0.64 per litre to K2.07 per litre while VAT has been restored from zero percent to 16 percent on petrol.
Mr. Bowa added that on diesel, the government has also restored excise duty from zero Kwacha per litre to K0.66 per litre while VAT has been restored from zero percent to 16 percent.
He said this is in line with ERB pricing mechanism, the combined effectiveness of the charges in the three factors exchange rate, international oil prices and taxes which has resulted in the determined charges in the national uniform pump prices for October.
Ati…?
we are in trouble
fixing is on until we cry upto 2026 elections,niyokosa pa zed.
The honeymoon if there ever was one, is over. The IMF moon now shines
We should expect more hikes by January 2023
What is honestly ERB doing in their offices,is it just drinking coffee and wait for month-end to make pronucements of fuel increase? is it what they are there for? I belive their job is to bring solution to this problem of fuel.Instead of sitting in their offices it is time they gat to move and go pa Angola to source for cheper fuel because pa Angola the cost of transportation will be cheaper.What is the role of ERB kanshi imwe mwe bantu why are we like this mu zambia kanshi.ERB must come out of slumber. Can some one shake ERB please.It is now difficult to plan.
Fools while mining companies are on tax holiday. Useless government.
Thank the the delayed Kabushi and Kwacha by-elections otherwise the increase was going to be three times. Don’t argue, I have inside information.
Is this development under upnd lol
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IMF moves in slowly.
No bank conditions can be sweet.
This is just a start.
Dollar started going up.
By 2026?
These are very fair increases given that VAT and excise duty which the PF removed in 2021 have been reinstated .
Sean “Zero” even prophesied fuel increases between 30% – 35%. As usual his ACCA qualification failed him again.
He forgot the Kwacha has appreciated against the $USD and the world crude oil prices have reduced.
This is good…upnd my govt is working
I expected this 3 days ago , fuel prices are going up everywhere and ,it’s every country’s cry nothing you can do about it thanks to the Russo/ Ukraino beef.
ERB Board Chairperson is talking absolute rubbish …on closer inspection you will find that at K20.69 per litre for the month of October,2022 in Zambia translates to about USD 1.30 which is not exactly a competitive when Zimbabwe’s Jet A1 fuel costs about $0.769 (as at 1st Oct 2022). that’s almost 60 cents cheaper. If you want to make Zambia a regional hub you have to bite the bullet and compete with the likes of Zimbabwe, Kenya where it costs $0.769, Ethiopia cost $0.77 and RSA – $0.769.
What competitiveness is ERB Board Chairperson talking about when Zambia is by far the most expensive place in the region to buy Jet A1 fuel?
We will learn, IMF comes with the sweetest of smiles but inside it lives very dangerous monsters, wait untill it unleashes something it calls Structural Adjustment Programs, in simple terms, taking food away from your tables, Zimbabwe knows better these things from a very unforgettable experience.