Podcast: how the end of the PPI changes gasoline prices – Folha – 05/17/2023 – Podcasts

The end of the price parity policy with the international fuel market, announced by Petrobras this Tuesday (16), should lead to a reduction in pump prices, but analysts interviewed by Folha warn of the risk that the sector will become without parameters and for possible impacts on ethanol production.

The state-owned company’s decision fulfills a campaign promise by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT). Critics of the parity policy, such as the PT, said that it penalized consumers for charging import costs on products made in the country and for passing on the sometimes artificial volatility of the international market.

The PPI was implemented by Michel Temer (MDB) as a way of shielding Petrobras from political interference and reversing losses caused by a damming of prices in the Dilma Rousseff (PT) administration. This Tuesday, the president of the state company, Jean Paul Prates, said that the end of the measure does not represent interference by the Lula government. According to him, Petrobras will continue to monitor international oil prices.

The new pricing policy has not yet been fully clarified, but already as a result of the change, Petrobras lowered the prices of gasoline, diesel and cooking gas at refineries this Tuesday – the transfer to the consumer will still depend on the distributors and service stations .

At Breakfast this Wednesday (17th), the reporter from Sheet Nicola Pamplona takes stock of the international parity policy, analyzes the impact of the change on Petrobras and explains how this reaches the fuel pumps.

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Breakfast is published from Monday to Friday, always at the beginning of the day. The episode is presented by journalists Magê Flores and Gabriela Mayer, with production by Laila Mouallem and Priscila Camazano. Sound editing is by Thomé Granemann.