Diesel fuel was last increased on June 18, when it reached R$ 5.61 a liter. Since then, the value was reduced by R$ 0.20, on August 5; and by R$ 0.22, on August 12.
"We need to ensure that there will be enough diesel for Brazilian agribusiness and, of course, for Brazilian drivers," said the Minister of Foreign Affairs Carlos França during a visit to the United Nations.
The government estimate is that the percentage of mandatory addition of biodiesel to diesel oil should avoid, on average, a price increase of R$ 0.12 next year.
The president’s spokesman Otávio Rêgo Barros quoted Jair Bolsonaro as saying he does not “want and cannot” interfere in the prices applied by state-controlled oil giant Petrobras. The statement was made today (Apr.
The Brazilian government is expected to announce new measures directed at the freight sector Tuesday (Apr. 16). The topic was discussed during a meeting held at the Planalto presidential palace Monday afternoon (15), the president’s advisers told the press.
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