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The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) cut the retail price of 12-kg LPG by Tk 3.0 per cylinder to Tk 1,270 for September from the previous month's Tk 1,273.
The commission also reduced the pump price of auto-gas, the LPG used in vehicles, by Tk 0.13 per litre to Tk 58.15 for the current month from Tk 58.28 in August.
The BERC slashed the LPG selling prices for private operators in line with the existing downtrend of oil and gas prices in international market. The new prices came into effect from Tuesday.
The commission has been slashing the retail prices of LPG from the previous month for five consecutive months (since May 2025).
BERC Chairman Jalal Ahmed announced the new LPG prices at a press conference at its office in the city on Tuesday.
The BERC adjusted cooking fuel prices for the domestic market based on the Saudi Aramco contract price for August. It also factored in fluctuations of foreign exchange rates and changes in value-added tax (VAT).
The Saudi Aramco CP (contract price) price of propane and butane is US$ 520 and $490 per tonne respectively for September trading. The BERC calculated the price of a propane and butane mixture at a ratio of 35:65 as $500.50 per tonne.
The commission has been setting LPG prices for private operators within the first week of every month since April 2021. The private sector sell LPG in various cylinder sizes - 5.5kg, 12.5kg, 15kg, 16kg, 18kg, 20kg, 22kg, 25kg, 30kg, 35kg and 45kg - to consumers.
The price of LPG, supplied through a reticulated system or centralised storage system, was also cut to Tk 226.90 per cubic metre for September from Tk 227.40 in August. The price of the state-owned LP Gas's LPG remained unchanged at Tk 825 per 12.5-kg cylinder. Currently around 27 LPG operators are in business, although licences were issued to about 58 companies.
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