Premium prices can still down below Rp 4000

Nurseffi Dwi Wahyuni - detikFinance-google translate
Jakarta - The price premium may still be down below Rp 4,000 per liter, although no longer subsidized government. Price premium economy is a plus tax per liter Rp 3500-3800. Price is using the oil price assumption of U.S. $ 45 per barrel and the exchange rate of 11,700 rupiah per U.S. dollar.

"Because the premium is expressed as non-fuel subsidies, then it should hrganya at this time could go down again in the 3500-3800 Rp per liter. Later, if oil prices higher than U.S. $ 45 per barrel, can be adjusted again," said the observer of energy Reformer Institute Priagung Rahmanto to detikFinance, Wednesday (14/1/2009).

Crude oil prices continue to go down the world and is now under the U.S. $ 40 per barrel. On this day in the trade market in Asia, the type of light oil February delivery rose 1.18 dollars to the level of U.S. $ 38.96 per barrel. While the type of Brent oil rose 13 cents to the level of U.S. $ 44.96 per barrel.

About the number of fuel subsidies in 2009 that APBNP down Rp 33 trillion to only Rp 24 trillion, Pri said that this is because it is not disubsidinya premium.

"This is a premium is no longer subsidized so that the budget for the premium subsidy of Rp 13.5 Trillion or 25 percent of the total subsidy budget in 2009 will not be there," said Priagung.

By doing so, go Priagung at this time only the government subsidize diesel and kerosene only. "Oil Subsidy for solar now only around Rp 800 per liter and kerosene around Rp 2,500 per liter," he said.