KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaican drivers are set to catch a break at fuel pumps starting this Thursday, May 14, after state-owned refinery Petrojam released updated ex-refinery pricing that brings widespread reductions to most common fuel types.
The $0.25 per liter cut applies uniformly to three of the nation’s most widely used fuels: 90-octane gasoline, which will drop to a new retail base price of $197.33 per liter; 87-octane gasoline, which will see an identical cut to land at $189.88 per liter; and standard automotive diesel, which will also fall to $197.33 per liter after the reduction. Ultra-low sulphur diesel, a popular option for modern heavy-duty and passenger vehicles, will follow the same trend, dropping by $0.25 per liter to a base price of $204.35. Kerosene, commonly used for heating and off-grid power generation, is also set for a $0.25 per liter decrease, bringing its base price to $182.15 per liter.
Two specialized liquid petroleum products see divergent changes: propane will tick up by $0.25 per liter to $82.03, while butane will see a far steeper drop of $2.94 per liter, landing at a new base price of $88.96.
It is important to note that these figures reflect ex-refinery base costs, not final retail prices. Private marketing companies and retail station operators will add their standard operating margins and markups to these base rates before consumers see final prices at the pump.