LPG price hiked

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) on Sunday adjusted the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) upwards, saying from now on the widely used 12-kilogram (Kg) LPG cylinder would be sold to consumers at Tk 1,306 instead of Tk 1,253.

“The newly fixed price of LPG is Tk 1,306, which will be effective from Sunday at 6pm, and all licensees of LPG marketing companies will implement the price,” BERC chairman Jalal Ahmed told a media announcement.

He said the prices of all the 13 different sizes of LPG-filled cylinders were readjusted for January in line with new price adjustments by Saudi Arabia-based Aramco that set the contract price or CP for LPG at the beginning of each month for term contracts.

According to BERC records, the LPG price was Tk 1,253 for a 12-kg cylinder in December, Tk 1,215 in November, Tk 1,241 in October, Tk 1,284 in September, Tk 1,140 in August and Tk 999 in July last year.

The BERC also re-fixed the auto gas price at Tk 59.80 per litre, which was Tk 57.32 in December.

Under the price readjustment per kilogram of LPG at the reticulated stage would be  Tk 105.08 at the private sector retailer level, inclusive VAT, which was Tk 100.66 and Tk 233.50 per cubic metre of supplied LPG in the gas system owned by the private sector, which was Tk 223.80 in December 2025.

The BERC said they readjusted the LPG price as per the Saudi Contract Price (Saudi CP), which was US$520 and $525 per tonne of Propane and Butane.

Considering the Propane and Butane ratio 35:65 average, Saudi CP per tonne $521.75, the BERC re-fixed the price of LPG and auto gas for January 2025.

As per BERC decision, the new price at the private sector retailer level, 12.5 kg LPG has been refixed at Tk 1,360, 15 kg at Tk 1,633, 16 kg at Tk 1,742, 18 kg at Tk 1,959, 20 kg at Tk 2,176, 22 kg at Tk 2,395, 25 kg at Tk 2,721, 30 kg at Tk 3,265, 33 kg at Tk 3,592, 35 kg at Tk 3,809 and 45 kg at Tk 4,898.