Why are Cebu gas pump prices higher than in any othe major Philippine city

[thadzonline]

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i guess your comparing cebu's prices with cities that are not as progressive as cebu is shallow. IMO obviously, economic activity, Standard of living, and consumer demands, etc are some of the considerations to tag prices. Dipolog and Pagadian do not have the same volume of cars running on their streets as compared to cebu's.

care to explain Manila?

allright you'll say transport costs, so kung less progressive city its because dili sila as progressive and if its a more progressive city then its because of transport costs. caught in the middle? We deserve a better explanation than that

[missy21]

diesel pump prices in cagayan de oro city is P35.33/liter while its P35.17/liter in bukidnon province.

noh?? now kay galibog nako...
nganung 36php pa sa cebu?

[thadzonline]

i guess your comparing cebu's prices with cities that are not as progressive as cebu is shallow. IMO obviously, economic activity, Standard of living, and consumer demands, etc are some of the considerations to tag prices. Dipolog and Pagadian do not have the same volume of cars running on their streets as compared to cebu's.

care to explain Manila?

allright you'll say transport costs, so kung less progressive city its because dili sila as progressive and if its a more progressive city then its because of transport costs. caught in the middle? We deserve a better explanation than that

[giddyboy]

i guess it's all about location and cost of logistics.

Logistics: manila and some places in mindanao has big fuel depots while we in cebu don't, well, not until PTT provided the first one in Mactan last year. But it's not enough to keep the prices at par w/ manila coz the key players and the ones dictating the prices still are the big 3.

I think even GenSan has a fuel depot. another one is in Libertad, Central Mindanao.

Fuel depots provide for a more cost-efficient supply to the retailers. If we have those depots here from the big 3, there will be no reason why our prices are higher from manila.

Location: I think fuel tanker ships only goes to a pier where fuel depots are nearest. i'm talking about imported fuel. Imported fuel forms most of the bulk of our fuel requirements in the Phils. therefore, it would cost more on transporting fuel into cebu as compared to manila or some parts in mindanao. then there's the refinery also. manila has it. and it will have the same story as the fuel tanker: transporting from manila to cebu.

[thadzonline]

How I noticed:

I flew to Manila(from Cebu) last November 25, 2008 to watch the PCCL. The price of diesel at that time in Cebu was 38.76. I noticed it was the same when I landed in Manila. I woke up November 26 reading news of a rollback on gas pump prices and true enough diesel pump price in Manila went down to 36.76. When I flew back to Cebu on November 28, I was dismayed to have noticed that no rollback in oil prices were made and diesel remained at 38.76. Another rollback was announced in the succeeding days and Cebu diesel price became 36.70++.

The point I'm making is that Cebu pump prices used to be the same as that of Manila until November 26 when Cebu stations did not effect the announced roolback