Dominican Republic Allocates RD 69.6M to Stabilize Fuel Prices

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The Dominican Republic government will allocate a 69.6 million peso (approximately $1.1 million) subsidy to maintain stable prices for essential fuels during the week of Dec. 27, 2025, to Jan. 2, 2026, officials announced.

Ramón Pérez Fermín, vice minister of Internal Commerce for the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and MSMEs (MICM), stated that the measure aims to prevent price increases for key petroleum products.

During the specified period, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) will receive a subsidy of 6.96 pesos per gallon, while regular diesel will be subsidized by 2.29 pesos per gallon.

The following fuel prices will be in effect:

• Premium gasoline: 290.10 pesos per gallon (unchanged)
• Regular gasoline: 272.50 pesos per gallon (unchanged)
• Regular diesel: 224.80 pesos per gallon (unchanged)
• Optimal diesel: 242.10 pesos per gallon (unchanged)
• Avtur (jet fuel): 186.80 pesos per gallon (decreased by 0.08 pesos)
• Kerosene: 217.90 pesos per gallon (increased by 0.20 pesos)
• Fuel oil #6: 137.52 pesos per gallon (decreased by 0.19 pesos)
• Fuel oil 1%S: 154.66 pesos per gallon (decreased by 0.41 pesos)
• Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG): 137.20 pesos per gallon (unchanged)
• Natural gas: 43.97 pesos per cubic meter (unchanged)

The average weekly exchange rate used for calculations, based on daily publications from the Central Bank, was 62.90 Dominican pesos to one U.S. dollar.