Saudi Arabia, Kuwait have the lowest fuel prices in January

01/01/2018 Argaam Special

 

Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have the lowest fuel prices among GCC countries for the month of January.

 

Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has the highest prices for the month, followed by Oman, Qatar, and Bahrain.

 

Super grade petrol (98 octane) costs $0.54 (SAR 2.04) a liter in Saudi Arabia and $0.35 a liter in Kuwait.

 

The same grade costs $0.61 a liter in the UAE, followed by Oman ($0.55 a liter), and Qatar and Bahrain with $0.51 and $0.42 a liter, respectively.

 

Saudi Arabia is expected to hike retail gasoline and diesel prices in the first quarter of 2018, as part of fiscal reforms to reduce oil dependence.

 

Fuel Prices in GCC – January 2018

Kuwait

(Fils)

Oman

(Baisa)

Bahrain

(Fils)

Qatar

(QAR)

UAE

(AED)

KSA

(SAR)

 

105

213

160

1.85

2.12

2.04

Petrol (super)

85

199

125

1.80

2.05

1.37

Petrol (special)

110

230

120

1.75

2.33

0.47

Diesel

 

Fuel Prices in GCC – January 2018 (USD)

Kuwait

Oman

Bahrain

Qatar

UAE

KSA

 

0.35

0.55

0.42

0.51

0.577

0.544

Petrol (super)

0.28

0.52

0.33

0.49

0.558

0.365

Petrol (special)

0.36

0.60

0.32

0.48

0.634

0.130

Diesel

 

Saudi Arabia and the UAE will start to implement value-added tax (VAT) on fuel prices as of tomorrow, Jan. 1, 2018, as follows:

 

Post-VAT Fuel Prices in Saudi Arabia and UAE 

UAE

Saudi Arabia

 

USD

AED

USD

SAR

 

0.577

2.12

0.544

2.04

Petrol (super)

0.558

2.05

0.365

1.37

Petrol (special)

0.634

2.33

0.130

0.473

Diesel

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