As part of the State policy aimed at protecting Dominican financial stability against international volatility, the Government ordered a readjustment to maintain the operability of the Anti-Crisis Plan and is subsidizing it with RD$931.79 million. This measure prevents the national economy from absorbing the direct impact of the geopolitical conflict between the United States and Iran.
To understand the impact of this crisis on the local market, it is necessary to differentiate between the price of oil in its natural state (WTI crude), which averages around 80 dollars, and the cost of fuel already processed this week. The factor currently driving up the Dominican market is the cost of refining, that is, the commercial margin charged by refineries in the United States to convert that crude into finished fuel. This processing cost has increased by 95% for premium gasoline and by 131% for optimal diesel since the beginning of the conflict.
This operational gap known as the “crack spread” is the reason why the gasoline we import maintains an upward trend, regardless of whether the price of a barrel of crude oil falls. As there are fewer global reserves, the cost of refining and transporting the product inevitably rises. The total absorption of this international margin by the State would compromise the nation’s fiscal sustainability.
Consequently, to avoid substantial increases in retail prices, which in some cases would exceed 80 pesos, and to preserve the general price freeze scheme contemplated in the Anti-Crisis Plan, the Government has ordered the application of a RD$3.00 readjustment to premium gasoline and optimal diesel. Likewise, a RD$2.00 readjustment will be applied to regular gasoline and regular diesel. As established at the beginning of this provision, premium gasoline returns prices to the original threshold of RD$341.10 and regular gasoline remains below the frozen price.
This guarantees the macroeconomic foundation necessary for the State to keep Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) strictly frozen, directly safeguarding the purchasing power of vulnerable households. With the establishment of this financial support, the State consolidates the public investment of more than RD$25 billion destined for this stabilization fund.
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For the week of August 8 to 14, 2026, the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and MSMEs mandates that fuels be sold at the following prices:
Premium gasoline will be sold at RD$341.10 per gallon, an increase of RD$3.00.
Regular Gasoline RD$304.50 per gallon up RD$2.00.
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Regular Diesel RD$256.80 per gallon up RD$2.00.
Optimum Diesel RD$293.10 per gallon up RD$3.00.
Jet fuel RD$281.50 per gallon down RD$10.77.
Kerosene RD$319.50 per gallon down RD$11.50.
Fuel Oil #6 RD$158.18 per gallon down RD$11.41.
Fuel Oil 1%S RD$192.65 per gallon down RD$7.12.
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) RD$135.20 per gallon maintains its price.
Natural Gas RD$43.97 per m3 maintains its price.
The weekly average exchange rate is RD$58.60 from the Central Bank’s daily publications.
