China's refined oil prices fell for the first time in 16 months. The National Development and Reform Commission announced yesterday that from the midnight on the 9th, gasoline and diesel prices have dropped by 300 yuan per ton, or about 0.22 yuan and 0.26 yuan per liter. The Guangdong Provincial Price Bureau adjusted the price of refined oil in Guangdong according to national regulations. Among them, the gasoline price of Yue IV93 was RMB 7.65/l, which was increased by RMB 0.24.

"The price adjustment boundary conditions have only been met in recent days."

It is reported that the last time the price of refined oil was announced was on June 1, 2010. The relevant person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission stated that the reduction of domestic refined oil prices will help reduce social operating costs, ease upward pressure on the general price level, and promote stable and rapid development of the national economy.

With the increasing debt crisis in the United States and Europe, the international market began to oscillate at low prices since early August, and accelerated in late September. On October 4, WTI and Brent crude oil prices fell to 75.7 US dollars and 99.8 US dollars per barrel, respectively.

According to the above-mentioned person in charge, although the drop in oil prices on the international market has already exceeded 4%, the main basis for domestic oil price adjustment is “the average price change of moving oils in 22 consecutive working days exceeds 4%.” Judging from the moving average price of 22 working days, the price adjustment boundary condition of 4% has only recently been reached, and the authorities have therefore decided to appropriately reduce the prices of domestic refined oil products.

Development and Reform Commission Denies "Raising and Falling Slowly"

In view of the fact that many netizens are skeptical about the phenomenon of “increase or decrease in prices” and “faster or slower growth” in domestic oil prices, the above-mentioned officials of the National Development and Reform Commission believe that there is no such problem in view of the price adjustment operation practice.

The person in charge said that since the end of 2008, when the reform program for refined oil prices and taxes was implemented, domestic refined oil prices have undergone 16 adjustments, of which 10 liters and 6 drops, and the overall price level has increased, but this is mainly due to the increase in oil prices in the international market. Caused. “Every time domestic oil prices need to be raised, due to the impact on the downstream industries and inflationary pressures, the country not only controls the price adjustment scope but also postpones the time for price adjustment. When the international oil price falls sharply, the country follows the then international oil price and the level of the previous price adjustment. The corresponding decline in the price of domestic refined oil prices in a timely manner. Therefore, from the time of price adjustment operations, there is no 'faster or slower' problem. "The responsible person said.

In response to the fact that some consumers compare the price of oil that has been operating at a high level in China with foreign countries, the responsible person stated that different countries have different economic conditions and foundations. "China currently does not have the ability and conditions to compare with the United States."

He also added that the reason why consumers misunderstood was that the price formation mechanism for oil products and the price adjustment method were relatively complicated. The pricing cycle was a 22-day moving average price. Although the wave peaks of oil price changes were ironed out, they were objectively Lead to domestic and foreign price changes are not synchronized.

The refined oil pricing mechanism is being studied yesterday. Cao Changqing, Director of the Price Division of the National Development and Reform Commission said that within the framework of the current institutional mechanism, the state will focus on shortening the price adjustment cycle, speeding up the frequency of price adjustments, improving the operating mode of refined oil price adjustments, and adjusting oil products for affiliation. Further improve the refined oil price mechanism. At present, the reform thinking is in the process of research and verification. The National Development and Reform Commission will openly solicit opinions from various sectors of the society on the reform scheme of refined oil pricing mechanism.

He said that in December 2008, the refined oil price and tax reforms established the current mechanism for the formation of refined oil prices. In the course of the operation, this mechanism also exposed problems such as excessive price adjustment cycle and insufficient transparency of the mechanism. In order to continuously push forward the marketization process of refined oil price reform, safeguard market supply, and stabilize market order, it is necessary to further improve the refined oil pricing mechanism. He said that due to the current imperfect domestic product oil market system, the government still needs to supervise the refined oil prices.

Reacting to Private Car Owners: As of today, Mr. Zhao, a private car owner in Guangzhou, drives his car from home to work every day. He consumes about 150 liters of Yuexian No. 93 gasoline per month and the oil costs 1,200-1,500 yuan per month. After the price adjustment, the Guangdong IV standard No. 93 gasoline was 7.65 yuan per liter, a decrease of 0.24 yuan, and it could save 30 to 40 yuan per month.

However, most of the owners complained that the price cut was too low. "We didn't save much, but we dropped it a few times more." Taking Mr. Zhao as an example, compared with the beginning of this year, after two price adjustments, the monthly oil fee will cost about 150 to 200 yuan more, and it will not be able to return to the level of the beginning of the year after the price reduction.

At 7 o'clock last night, reporters from the Southern Capital visited a number of petrol stations in Shenzhen and found that some stations became significantly colder than the scenes of refueling queued at the peak hours. At a Sinopec gas station on the north ring road, 5 tankers were rushed for 10 oils. Waiting for 4 to 5 minutes, only 4 cars were refueled. Subsequently, the reporter saw a gas station in Hongling Road, to refuel the car is still small. A car owner named Li said: "If it weren't for the car, it wouldn't be running without oil, otherwise it wouldn't be able to catch up with the drop in oil prices. Although this time the price of oil dropped, it didn't rise much, but filling a box of oil is also good. It can save more than ten yuan."

During the interview, many car owners have learned that the price of oil has been lowered. They originally planned to go off work to refuel, and they simply picked up the next day.

Logistics companies: more than a drop in the number of less a Guangzhou logistics company CEO to Nandu reporter calculated the account: the company's a transport vehicle from Yingde to Guangzhou, about 400 kilometers back and forth. If you burn diesel throughout, fuel consumption will be 40 liters per 100 kilometers, and 160 liters of diesel will cost more than 1,000 yuan. Recalculate the driver's and port's employee's capital of 300 yuan, and the expressway toll is about 1,000 yuan. The total cost will be more than 2,500 yuan.

This time, the price of diesel oil is reduced by 0.26 yuan for each diesel oil, and a 41.6 yuan savings can be achieved by returning the oil fee. However, shipping costs only 50 yuan / ton, if calculated according to vehicle standards, can only load about 30 tons of goods, freight is about 1,500 yuan, "after the fall is not overloaded or a loss." He said that his company needs more than 100 tons of diesel every month, all purchased from Sinopec. After adjusting prices twice this year, spending more than 100,000 yuan on oil every month. This time, the price of oil is less than 30,000 yuan a month. "There is too little inflation."

Private oil station: HOLD can't live without someone is happy. This time, the reduction in oil prices means that operating pressure on private gas stations is even greater. The person in charge of Shenzhen Qingshuihe Fuel Gas Station said: “The drop in oil prices is definitely good news for the people, reducing vehicle travel costs. However, for private oil station operators, the difference between refined oil wholesale and retail prices has decreased, and operators’ competitive pressures have changed. Large, natural offers to customers less. "It is understood that before the oil price cut, the retail price of 93 #, 97 # petrol station in the private gas station than the state-owned oil station per liter of cheaper 0.20 yuan, there are individual private and Shenzhen The price of gasoline in foreign petrol stations is 0.30 yuan/liter cheaper than that of state-owned gas stations.

Next, will the privately-owned petrol station also play a preferential game? Many heads of private oil stations admit that HO LD can not live, depending on the situation in the market today, may not be able to say for the time being. The number of privately owned and foreign gas stations in the Shenzhen area accounts for only 10% of the total market share in Shenzhen, and Sinopec accounts for more than 60%.

Experts analyze the oil and gas chamber of commerce: diesel drop is nowhere to fall Yao Daming, director of the oil and gas chamber of the Guangdong Provincial Oil & Gas Association, said that international oil prices fell rapidly under the strong dollar and debt crisis in the euro zone, which led to the critical conditions for domestic oil price adjustment indicators. The current round of price adjustment is relatively moderate, and it is expected that the market will wait and see in the short term to consume the pre-stocks.

“The diesel drop is nowhere to come.” Yao Daming believes that with the support of tight resources, diesel prices will remain near the retail ceiling price. The overall decline in the overall pre-gasoline period will be stable in the short term. He said that the refinery of CNOOC Huizhou is about to enter maintenance and gradually transfer negative diesel to the North, and the overall market diesel liquidity resources will be reduced, especially the resource supply situation in South China will be more severe.

Siwang Energy Analyst: Uncertain future market "Can't say that this oil price adjustment has a turning point," said Shirwang Energy analyst Liao Kaiyi, the current macroeconomic situation is not yet fully clear, so the oil price is mixed, and the future market is still uncertain. .

It is predicted that if the European debt crisis worsens, there is room for downward adjustment of refined oil prices. Long-term bearish factors are still relatively high, and oil prices are facing downward pressure on the reduction of global demand. The International Energy Agency lowered China's oil demand last month. At present, China's daily oil demand is close to 10 million barrels. It is expected that China's oil demand will grow by about 6% this year, which is less than 11% in 2010.