Consumers will see no increase in prices at the fuel pump for the next three weeks, but households and businesses using larger cooking gas cylinders will have to pay more.
The Government announced in a statement last night that gasoline and diesel remain unchanged at $3.52 per litre ($16.00 per gallon) for the period April 20 to May 10, while kerosene also remains steady at $2.12 per litre ($9.66 per gallon).
For most households, the news is similarly stable, with the 20 lb gas cylinder remaining at $34.00 and the 22 lb cylinder at $38.00.
However, the cost of the 100 lb cylinder has increased significantly from $238.50 to $263.50, while bulk LPG has risen from $2.26 to $2.51 per pound.
The government says it continues to cushion the impact of global oil price volatility through targeted subsidies.
For this pricing period, diesel is being subsidised by $2.34 per gallon, and kerosene carries a subsidy of $8.61 per gallon. LPG subsidies remain significant, including $36.04 on 20 lb cylinders and $39.04 on 22 lb cylinders.
Without these subsidies, the Philip J Pierre administration said, consumers would be paying more than double the current price for the smaller gas cylinders – about $70.04 for a 20 lb cylinder and over $77.04 for a 22 lb cylinder.
“These interventions aim to protect households and key sectors of the economy from external price shocks,” the government statement said.
The latest adjustments in the price of fuel products are in keeping with changes in international oil prices and the government’s application of the modified market pass-through petroleum pricing mechanism.
The next fuel price adjustment is scheduled for May 11.
If the government passed on the real fuel savings to us back when prices were very low, consumers would understand paying the costs when prices increased. But we did not get any savings when prices were low and they expect us to pay when prices are high. This is blatant robbery by the Phillip Pierre government perpetrated on the people of St. Lucia
@EConomist. Socialize losses, privatize profits
During the pandemic the price oil shoot up (to 115 usd per barrel) and the price everywhere including St. Lucia was adjusted upwards as expected. Before the US bombing campaign in Iran, the price of oil was nearly half (55-65 usd per barrel) what it was during the peak of the pandemic yet we never saw and adjustment downwards since it has remained the same since. As of today (April 21, 2026) the price per barrel (91 usd) is still below the high of the Pandemic, so stating this as the government absorbing the cost is misleading since the local price of fuel never went back down from the Pandemic high in the first place.
@sla. During the pandemic the price of oil dropped significantly, from $58 in January 2020 to a low of $12.34 in April 2020 and 80% drop Gas price went from $13.09 to $11.50 a gallon. That is a 12% drop. The moment it went back up to $60 a barrel gas price went back up to $13.20 a gallon. We are getting shafted here on this. We don’t benefit when prices are low but must pay when price increases.