Dominican Republic Subsidizes Fuel to Stabilize Prices for Week

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — The Dominican government will allocate a 93.9 million Dominican peso subsidy to maintain stable prices for essential fuels during the week of December 20-26, 2025, officials announced.

Ramón Pérez Fermín, Vice Minister of Internal Commerce for the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, and MSMEs (MICM), confirmed the measure. The subsidy will specifically support liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) at RD 9.15 per gallon and regular diesel at RD 3.45 per gallon.

For the upcoming week, several fuel prices will remain unchanged. Premium gasoline will sell for RD 290.10 per gallon, and regular gasoline will stay at RD 272.50 per gallon. Regular diesel, benefiting from the subsidy, will be RD 224.80 per gallon, while optimal diesel holds at RD 242.10.

LPG will maintain its price at RD 137.20 per gallon, and natural gas will remain at RD 43.97 per cubic meter.

Other fuel types will see price reductions. Aviation fuel (Avtur) will decrease by RD 10.36, bringing its price to RD 186.88 per gallon. Kerosene will drop by RD 11.50 to RD 217.70 per gallon.

Fuel oil #6 will be RD 137.71 per gallon, a decrease of RD 5.24. Fuel oil 1%S will see a reduction of RD 6.16, setting its price at RD 155.07 per gallon.

The average weekly exchange rate, based on daily publications from the Central Bank, stands at RD$63.70 to the U.S. dollar.