Gas balloon should not cost more than 25 or 26 soles, according to OPECU

The Peruvian Consumers and Users Agency (OPECU) noted that there is no reason why the price of the gas balloon is rising and has reached the high prices it currently maintains. In addition, he pointed out that this product should be in S/25 or 26 soles in Peru.

“This product should be costing 25 or 26 soles, not more than that kind of money,” said Hector Plate, OPECU spokesman, in an interview with RPP Noticias.

The representative argued that the price increase is inexplicable. He recalled that in 2011, the gas balloon cost approximately S/53 soles; but today it can cost S/75 soles in some areas of Lima.

“It is inexplicable, ununderstandable, that this is happening with a product that is practically part of the family basket,” he said. In addition, he noted that 8 out of 10 families use this product for cooking.

PRICE SUBJECT TO THE INTERNATIONAL PANORAMA

Plate explained that although packaged LPG is a national product, “it has been subject to international prices for many years.”

“So the variations that are taking place in that context, including the geopolitical theme, such as what is happening in Ukraine, and other factors, affect the cost of the product as it is a petroleum derivative,” he explained.

In addition, he indicated that when this asset was incorporated into the Fuel Price Stabilization Fund, the export parity price was no longer considered, but the import price. This “makes the product much more expensive”.

DIALOGUE TABLE

The representative of OPECU urged the Government to convene a dialogue table with various actors in the sector, such as Pluspetrol and Camisea. This is to “establish the true price” of LPG.

“It is unjustifiable, it is unforgivable that, with the consent of the current Government, which has not defended the right to adequate protection of the economic interests of consumers, they keep the price of this raw material under the argument of referring it to the international price,” Plate lamented.

WHERE TO BUY THE CHEAPEST GAS BALLOON?

Given the steady rise in the price of the gas ball, the Supervisory Body for Investment in Energy and Mining (Osinergmin) has made available the application “Facilito”.

The app is called “Facilito Balón de Gas” and can be downloaded from the App Store and Play Store (available for Android and iPhone). In this application, users will be able to find various points where they sell gas at low prices and on the same map people who visit the app will be able to see the prices. The detailed information is constantly updated, according to Osinergmin.

For example, when searching and observing on the map, it was seen that in the district of San Martin de Porres you can find the ball at 44 soles. This price corresponds to the premises of “Inversiones Julio III S.A.C., while at the Braulio IMA store in Rimac it offers the gas ball at 47 soles.

Other places such as the Authorized Distributor “SRG” of Lurigancho, Llama Gas de Ate, Commercial Negotiation Carhuas de Chaclacayo, and the Escalante Martínez establishment in Villa María del Triunfo, sell the gas balloon at 48 soles.

In the case of the district of Santiago de Surco, there are prices ranging from 48 soles to 59.80 soles. The first corresponds to the Authorized Distributor “Llama Gas S.A.”

Remember that information on prices, locations, phones and more is not only available for Lima, but for the entire country. So you can use the app if you are in other parts of Peru.