PETROL PRICE WENT UP

04 :08 pm | March 03, 2010

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Petrol price went up today morning in Armenia by 10 drams (3 percent).

After 10 a.m. the price of Regular petrol became 370 AMD and that of
Premium 390 AMD against former 360 and 380 AMD.

Employees of filling stations offered different reasons for the
advance in prices. Some said the increase of prices was ordered by
the central office others argued that the new prices are dictated by
the international market and gas price increase.

According to the National Statistical Service, compared with the same
period of 2009, the prices of petrol and diesel have hooked up by 44,2%
and 29, 8% respectively.