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JAM | Jul 17, 2025

Pump price regimen climbs for second-straight week

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Customers queue up during the official opening of RUBiS Energy Jamaica’s service station in Catherine Hall, St James on October 6, 2023. (Photo: LinkedIn @rubis-energy-jamaica)

Jamaican industry and the motoring public will have to dig deeper into their pockets this week as State-owned refinery, Petrojam, is raising pump prices for a second-straight cycle. 

Petrojam, in its closely watched petroleum product price index, slapped a J$1.04 increase on 87-octane gasolene, which opens at a new baseline price of J$161.78 effective midnight Thursday (July 17).

This week’s regimen increase was consistent across the commodity index, excluding automotive diesel and its ultra-low-sulphur counterpart, being the most pronounced in heavy fuel and kerosene oils, which were both revised upward by J$2.94 and J$1.64, respectively.

It is expected that retailers will add their respective mark-ups to the announced prices.

See breakdown of prices below:

ProductPrice per unit (effective July 17, 2025)Price change (from last week)
Gasolene 87$161.78+$1.04 ($160.74)
Gasolene 90$168.78+$0.90 ($167.88)
Auto diesel$167.52-$0.25 ($167.77)
Kerosene$150.41+$1.64 ($148.77)
Propane$67.82+$0.25 ($67.57)
Butane$75.91+$0.25 ($75.66)
ULSD$173.56-$0.20 ($176.76)
HFO$120.48+$2.94 ($117.54)
Asphalt$125.11+$0.26 ($124.85)

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