| Approval to Raise Price of Pertamina LPG 12 Kg and 50 Kg |
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| Thursday, 30 June 2011 00:00 | |||||||
Page 1 of 2 Approval to Raise Price of Pertamina LPG 12 Kg and 50 KgJakarta - Coordinating Minister Hatta Rajasa said he did not mind the step of PT Pertamina (Persero) to raise the selling price of LPG cylinder 12 kg and 50 kg. The reason is because LPG is not subsidized so that the rights of Pertamina. "Back then it was never Pertamina mmeinta years ago to raise a 12 kg. The corporate mindset is correct. But nationally it all we have to support. I do not know if it's all the way or not. Do not intermittently Coordinating intervention. do they have the market mechanism itself. Except for the 3 kg, "he said when met at his office, Jalan Lapangan Banteng, Jakarta, During the afternoon (28.06.2011). Previously, Vice President Corporate Communications Pertamina M. Aaron said it would immediately raise the price of 50 kg LPG cylinder by 10%. The increase will take place end of June 2011 or the beginning of July. The price increase for LPG of 50 kg is not necessary to seek approval from the government, because the LPG of 50 kg of its non-subsidy. During this short Pertamina sells LPG cylinder 12 kg and 50 kg of it. Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (EMR) has not approved the previously stated 12 kg LPG price increase and 50 kg proposed by Pertamina. EMR is still worried about the increase of two types of LPG will increase the disparity between the price of 3 kg of LPG. (nia / dnl)
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