The moving average of the basket of crude oil prices, to which China's product oil prices are pegged, rose 3.24 percent as of April 1 from the latest cycle of fuel prices adjustment, according to Xinhua's calculations.
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Table 1: Change of moving average of crude oil price basket |
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Date |
March 30 |
March 31 |
April 1 |
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Change rate |
4.05 percent |
3.07 percent |
3.24 percent |
April 2 is the fifth working day in current 10-working day cycle.
Under current mechanism, benchmark prices of gasoline and diesel will be adjusted every 10 working days except when the adjustment is less than 50 yuan/tonne. The unrealized change would be counted into the following cycle of price adjustment.
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